AP is reporting that Tom Waters, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3290, is claiming that hackers broke into the Federal Aviation Administration’s computer system last week and accessed two files, one of which had names and Social Security numbers of 45,000 employees and retirees. The other file reportedly had…
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OH: Thief Steals Patient Records; Hospital Investigates
Donna Willis reports: Nearly two dozen medical records were stolen from a doctor’s car. Parents questioned why the records were taken from the hospital in the first place. NBC 4’s Lauren Diedrich GOT ANSWERS. Diedrich went to Nationwide Children’s Hospital to find out how the incident happened, and the hospital said it was working to…
Court Orders Permanent Halt to Illegal Qchex Check Processing Operation
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States District Court has ordered a permanent halt to the illegal operations of an Internet-based check creation and delivery service and ordered the operators to give up all the money they made from the illegal operation. In September 2006, the FTC charged Qchex with violating…
Pointer: Numbers keep rolling in on Heartland breach
Linda McGlasson of BankInfoSecurity reports: By the latest count, the number of institutions that have informed their card customers and members that they were hit as a result of the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach has swelled to 124. The second page of the article provides an alphabetical listing of banks that reported having…
CO: Police: Credit Card Thieves Worked As Waiters
Follow-up on the story that we’ve been covering since November: The credit card numbers stolen from 200 customers at an Asian restaurant last year were taken by three people who offered to work for tips only, according to Longmont police. Cmdr. Tim Lewis told 7NEWS two men and one woman offered to work at Longmont’s…
Kaspersky breach exposes sensitive database, says hacker
Dan Goodin reports: A security lapse at Kaspersky has exposed a wealth of proprietary information about the anti-virus provider’s products and customers, according to a blogger, who posted screen shots and other details that appeared to substantiate the claims. In a posting made Saturday, the hacker claimed a simple SQL injection gave access to a…