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How do you say, “Maybe we shouldn’t have stored your credit card data” in Japanese?

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Dissent

The Japan Foundation of Los Angeles recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security incident involving an unnamed vendor who hosts their web site at jfalc.org. According the October 21 letter filed by their attorneys, on September 18, JFLA discovered that the names, dates of birth and credit card information for those…

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UH West O’ahu security breach affects Mānoa students

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

The University of Hawaii has just posted a breach notice concerning the incident described in an earlier blog entry: The University of Hawai`i – West O`ahu (UHWO) is notifying approximately 40,000 individuals that their personal information may have been compromised. The exposure occurred when a faculty member inadvertently uploaded files containing data including names, social…

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University of Hawaii-Manoa Breaches exposes sensitive info on 40,000 students

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

It’s bad enough when your system gets hacked. It’s worse when the breach is self-inflicted. This just in: The University of Hawaii-Manoa has breached the personal information of 40,101 students who attended between 1990-1998 and 2001, including names, social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, demographic, and detailed academic performance data. … The information was…

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NY: Fraudulent transactions traced back to Civic Center and Oncenter

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

A series of unauthorized credit card charges are under investigation by the Syracuse Police Department. All the charges are potentially related to a data breach in or around the Onondaga County Civic Center. The breach was discovered when approximately 100 individuals found unauthorized charges posted to their accounts. In all the cases, Syracuse Police say…

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Former University of California IT employee sentenced to one year and a day for ID theft

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

Cam Giang was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in an identity theft scheme, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. A restitution hearing in this case has been scheduled for Jan. 20, 2011. Giang, 31, of San Francisco, Calif., pled guilty on July 22, 2010, to one count…

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Hacker may have accessed database of Louisiana EMTs

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

Marsha Shuler reports: Some 56,000 emergency medical technicians were advised this week that a hacker may have gained access to personal information about them contained in a state licensing database. The state Department of Health and Hospitals sent letters to the emergency medical technicians, notifying them of the incident that occurred Sept. 17. […] Department…

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