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(update) Texas company lays out ‘hacking’ case against Minnesota Public Radio

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Dissent

David Brauer has more on Lookout Services’s allegations against a Minnesota Public Radio reporter, following a breach reported here previously. […] In a Dec. 11 report, [MPR reporter] Aslanian said she was able to see “employee names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and hire dates” on Lookout’s web site “without using a password or encryption…

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NY: ID theft gang steals $200,000 in casino cash advances

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Dissent

Dan Herbeck reports: Seven members of an alleged identity theft gang were arraigned in federal court today. The defendants are accused of using information stolen from victims’ credit and bank cards, and then using that information to make their own fake credit cards. They then used the bogus credit cards to withdraw $198,700 from the…

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Will embattled state contractor try to get Minnesota Public Radio reporter thrown in jail?

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Dissent

David Brauer blogs: With a hat tip to MPR’s own Bob Collins, a state contractor on the sharp end of public radio reporting seems to be threatening charges against the journalists who exposed security breaches in a job-seeker database. MPR reporter Sasha Aslanian busted Texas-based Lookout Services Dec. 11 for leaving 500 names, dates of birth…

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Judge dismisses shareholder lawsuit against Heartland (updated)

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Dissent

Dan Kaplan reports: A U.S. District Court judge in New Jersey has tossed out a class-action lawsuit filed by shareholders against Heartland Payment Systems, the credit card processor announced Wednesday. The judge granted Heartland’s motion to dismiss the action, which was filed in the wake of Heartland’s massive breach that was reported earlier this year,…

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Update: Notre Dame U. breach affected 24,000 (updated)

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Dissent

As an update on a Notre Dame University breach involving exposure of personal information including SSN on the web, Sarah Mervosh of The Observer reports that 24,000 individuals, mostly employees but some students who worked for the university, were affected by the incident. Reactions to the university’s handling of the breach and notification varied, depending…

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Attorney General Says Health Net Security Breach Concerns Worsen After Report Reveals Breach Was Likely Theft

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Dissent

The Connecticut Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, has issued a statement about his intensified concerns about the Health Net breach: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he is deeply troubled by an investigative report on the Health Net security breach that acknowledges a missing disk drive containing private financial and health information on hundreds of thousands of…

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