Eric Reinagel reports: Sherry Barton’s family is already dealing with issues related to identity theft. That’s why she was irked to discover that her alma mater, Broome Community College, sent out a mailing last week with her Social Security number posted prominently on the back cover. The winter/spring 2009 alumni magazine was mailed to 28,000…
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GA: Federal grand jury indicts Bulgarians on bank card skimming
Federal indictments were handed down against Nikolay Nikolov, 23, and Yordan Kavaklov, 29, both of Bulgaria, on multiple felony charges of conspiring to steal the bank card numbers and passwords of dozens of individuals through the use of a skimming device the defendants allegedly connected to ATM’s in the metro Atlanta area. […] According to…
EXCLUSIVE: GovTrip site shut down; DOT computers infected
Over on USA Today, Peter Eisler’s lead is about how more infiltrators are trying to plant malicious software they could use to control or steal sensitive data. Here’s another incident this week that mainstream media doesn’t seem to know about. Over on the FAA Follies blog, it’s been reported that the Cyber Security Management Center…
And yet even more p2p breaches
Thanks to Rian of RedTeam Protection, here are some more breaches they uncovered: An executive producer at a Manhattan based television Production Company published 2,755 documents onto the gnutella file-sharing network. Contractors of this firm were required to provide their name, date of birth, and social security number for tax purposes. The invoices with personal…
Floridians warned about ID data breach at Wyndham Hotels
Note: this is an update to a breach we reported here last month and that occurred last summer. In addition to the Florida story below, Wyndham reported to NYS that the breach affected 8,787 NYS residents (report not yet available online). Attorney General Bill McCollum is asking Floridians to monitor their credit statements to ensure…
AL: Computer Hacking at UA (updated)
Diana Moorer reports: Thousands of people in West Alabama are learning their personal information could be at risk. According to a University of Alabama spokesperson, a small portion of the university’s computer system was recently breached by a hacker. UA said they discovered the intrusion and took steps to block further unauthorized access. The university…