According to its website, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Michigan currently has 19,239 undergraduate students and 3,027 graduate students. The university offers 141 undergraduate and graduate degrees and employs 1,760 faculty members and 2,050 support staff members. Almost all of their students get some kind of financial aid. Those are some commendable statistics. But…
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Flagstar Bank discloses data breach impacting 1.5 million customers
Bill Toulas reports: Flagstar Bank is notifying 1.5 million customers of a data breach where hackers accessed personal data during a December cyberattack. Flagstar is a Michigan-based financial services provider and one of the largest banks in the United States, having total assets of over $30 billion. Read more at Bleeping Computer.
Data allegedly from “Georgia Board of Education” up for sale on a forum?
Some data allegedly from the Georgia Board of Education was offered for sale on a hacking-related forum last week. But were they really from the state board of education? After DataBreaches started asking questions, the listing seems to have been removed. Last week, DataBreaches.net spotted a listing on a hacking-related forum that offered what was…
Ex-Amazon Cloud Worker Convicted of Capital One Hack
Robert Burnson reports: A former Amazon Web Services worker was convicted of hacking into the company’s cloud servers to steal customer data and computer power that she used to mine cryptocurrency. Following a week-long trial in Seattle, Paige A. Thompson, 36, was found guilty of seven federal crimes, including wire fraud, which carries a prison sentence…
Patient Radiology Files Accidentally Exposed Online by Yale New Haven Hospital
Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut has issued a statement concerning an error that exposed some patients’ files to the public between December 16, 2021 and April 18, 2022: New Haven, CT (June 17, 2022) –Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) today announced that a file created for research was unintentionally posted on a public facing…
Vallejo Woman, Tamara Manuel Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud and Identity Theft
Waqar Nawaz reports: Tamara Manuel, 52, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to three years and three months in prison for carrying out a fraudulent scheme that involved stealing the identities of severely disabled individuals to obtain federal tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court…