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NY: Going hack to school

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

Rebecca Harshbarger andYoav Gonen report: It was a technical foul. Hackers accessed the personal information of more than 2,400 Brooklyn Tech HS students and posted it on the school’s Web site, The Post has learned. The startling security breach put students’ names, addresses and birth dates — and, in many cases, their Social Security numbers…

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OU Reports Virus, Security Breach

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

The University of Oklahoma is warning students about a security breach that may put their personal information at risk. The university said its Information Technology department noticed unusual Internet activity on a laptop computer associated with its network. It said it determined the computer belonged to an employee and was infected with a virus known…

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CT: RHS Computer Security Breach

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

The following is a letter from Ridgefield High School Principal Jeff Jaslow and Superintendent Deborah Low, dated June 21, that was dispersed in the high school’s PTSA e-blast on Monday evening. Dear RHS students and families, We are sorry to report that recently there was a security breach of our RHS computer system. The students…

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SC: Private Information Found In Greer Dumpster

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

WSPA in South Carolina reports that a consumer tipped them that a dumpster was filled with sensitive personal and financial information. The story doesn’t name the business, but the video coverage names it as Merrimack Mortgage:

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e-Banking Bandits Stole $465,000 From Calif. Escrow Firm

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Krebs writes: A California escrow firm has been forced to take out a pricey loan to pay back $465,000 that was stolen when hackers hijacked the company’s online bank account earlier this year. In March, computer criminals broke into the network of Redondo Beach based Village View Escrow Inc. and sent 26 consecutive wire…

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Canadian teen charged with hacking U.S. server

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that a London, Ontario teen has been charged with hacking into a server in Colorado. Canadian police reportedly acted on a complaint from the sheriff’s department in Castle Rock, Colo. Police say the complaint involved unauthorized access and damage to a private server that contained sensitive data, including tax records.

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