Robert McMillan reports: The mastermind behind one of the biggest hacking paydays in history has been sentenced to four years’ probation and an US$8.9 million fine, according to published reports. Victor Pleshchuk, 28, was sentenced to four years’ probation on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg News. He is considered the leader of a group of criminals who…
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Follow-up: South Shore Hospital Reports Findings from Investigation into Missing Back-Up Computer Files
A statement from South Shore Hospital posted today on their web site reveals the names of other entities involved in the sequence of events in a recent breach and reports their conclusions following their investigation: South Shore Hospital today announced that it has completed its investigation into the loss of its back-up computer files. All available…
SeaChange Intl notifies employees in 26 states about potential ID theft
According to a notification submitted to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office that was obtained by DataBreaches.net, SeaChange Intl. discovered back in July that a temporary administrative assistant had stolen an employee’s identity. The temporary administrative assistant, who had access to all U.S. employees’ information because of the nature of her work, confessed and was terminated…
HEI Hotels & Resorts notifies customers of POS compromise (updated)
Lawyers for Connecticut-based HEI Hospitality (HEI Hotels & Resorts) have informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that HEI discovered that a “vulnerability in an information system at certain of its hotel properties may have been exploited, and credit card information related to certain transactions occurring between March 25 and April 17, 2010 may have…
Update: Funds stolen from University of Virginia recovered
Just saw this update to the breach involving the University of Virginia College at Wise: Jordan Fifer of The Highland Cavalier, the student newspaper for UVa, wrote on Sept. 4: College administrators would not comment on specific details of the incident. Kathy Still, the college’s director of news and media relations, said the money stolen…
Ex-Goldman Programmer Gets One Count Tossed in Case Over Software Theft
Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris report: Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov, accused of stealing trading software from the bank, won dismissal of a count of unauthorized computer access, one of three charges he faces….. [U.S. District Judge Denise] Cote said that because Aleynikov was authorized to work on Goldman’s software…