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NC: Researcher Yankaskas appeals pay cut, demotion

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Dissent

More details are emerging about why the breach involving the UNC-Chapel Hill Carolina Mammography Registry led to consequences for the researcher. C. Ryan Barber reports: […] School of Medicine Office of Information Systems officials first alerted the University to the breach in July 2009 after uncovering a virus and potential security breach on the Carolina…

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NY man sentenced to 69 months for role in multi-national ID theft scheme

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Dissent

A New York man was sentenced yesterday to 69 months in prison for leading an identity theft conspiracy that targeted confidential customer account information to access victims’ home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). Hakeem Olokodana , 43, of Queens, N.Y., previously pleaded guilty before United States Judge William H. Walls on November 24, 2009, to…

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Romanian sentenced to 15 months in prison for multi-state ATM skimming operation

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Dissent

A Romanian citizen, Nelut Ady Oana, 33, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison for participating in a multistate ATM skimming scheme. According court documents and statements made in court, Oana and others conspired to install skimmers devices on ATMs and on card swipe access devices used by banks to control access to ATM…

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AmeriCorps notifies participants and applicants of security breach

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Dissent

Aliya Sternstein reports: The government has mailed out letters to AmeriCorps participants and applicants informing them that personal information may have been breached due to flaws in the program’s website, federal officials announced on Friday. The security weaknesses date back to 2006, they said. Each year, the federal AmeriCorps program offers more than 70,000 citizens…

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Mississippi National Guard investigating data breach

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Dissent

Shelia Byrd of The Associated Press reports: The Mississippi National Guard is investigating the extent of a security breach after nearly 3,000 active members’ personnel records, including social security numbers, were posted online for several weeks. […] The National Guard and the AP were notified about the breach by Aaron Titus, information privacy director of…

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Aldi data breach shows payment terminal holes

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Dissent

Jaikumar Vijayan reports on the ALDI breach that’s been in the news recently: …. More than 1,000 Aldi shoppers in the Chicago area and from Indianopolis have already reported fraudulent activities related to breaches at Aldi stores. There have been similar reports in other states as well. Analysts estimate that there could be some tens…

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