Albert Gonzalez was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for the TJX hack and breaches involving retailers, a new record in sentencing for hacking.* He faced up to 25 years. He has yet to be sentenced in the Heartland Payment Systems breach, but that sentencing is expected tomorrow, and the sentences are expected to…
Category: U.S.
YPG employee data possibly compromised
James Gilbert reports: The personal information of more than 700 Yuma Proving Ground employees may be at risk of identity theft because a home computer that contained their data may have been compromised. According to YPG spokesman Chuck Wullenjohn, personnel information from 2005-2007, which included the names and Social Security numbers of the employees at…
John Hopkins University School of Education enrollment data exposed on web
A file containing student enrollment data from the Johns Hopkins University School of Education was inadvertently left accessible online, according to a letter sent by ID Experts on March 18 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. The file was hosted on the SoE server and contained data on students enrolled between 2003-2007. It was…
Haddonfield students arrested in computer hacking
Another hack-to-change-grades scheme? Several Haddonfield Memorial High School students are under police investigation on accusations they hacked into the school’s computer system. The breach was discovered in the last few days, and the students, whom school district officials declined to identify, have been turned over to local police and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. At…
State Department Employee Sentenced for Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files
A State Department employee was sentenced today to 12 months of probation for illegally accessing more than 60 confidential passport application files, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced. Debra Sue Brown, 47, of Oxon Hill, Md., was also ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola in the District of…
Woman in Valley Forge theft ring sentenced
Mary Pat Flaherty and Martin Weil report: Thousands of dollars in unauthorized withdrawals were made from bank accounts in the Washington area after a skimming device was attached to an ATM in Alexandria, authorities said. The device, which captures bank card information, was spotted Feb. 28 at a Wachovia branch in the 3600 block of…