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Accidental data breach at Las Cruces Public Schools discloses vendor social security numbers

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Dissent

KVIA reports: Las Cruces Public Schools now confirms it accidentally sent out an email back in September containing the social security numbers of vendors the district uses. That email was sent to about 150 district employees, officials said. Vendors were advised to place a fraud alert on their credit files as a precaution. Those vendors…

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Akron man sentenced to six years in prison for launching denial of service attacks that shut down web sites for the city of Akron and the Akron Police Department

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Dissent

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, an update on a previously disclosed prosecution: An Akron man was sentenced to six years in prison for launching denial of service attacks that shut down web sites for the city of Akron and the Akron Police Department. James Robinson, 33, previously pleaded guilty…

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Ransomware Bites 400 Veterinary Hospitals

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a California company that owns more than 700 animal care facilities around the globe, is still working to recover from a ransomware attack late last month that affected more than half of those properties, separating many veterinary practices from their patient records, payment systems and practice management software. NVA…

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Startup vulnerability leaves Queer Chart student data exposed

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Dissent

Paxton Scott reports: A security flaw allowed users of Queer Chart, a startup founded by Stanford students to link members of the campus queer community, to access all users’ names, profile pictures, email addresses, dates of birth, pronouns, schools and anonymous IDs, its founders have acknowledged. An anonymous ID is meant to allow a user…

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Macy’s Customer Payment Info Stolen in Magecart Data Breach

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports: Macy’s has announced that they have suffered a data breach due to their web site being hacked with malicious scripts that steal customer’s payment information. This type of compromise is called MageCart attack and consists of hackers compromising a web site so that they can inject malicious JavaScript scripts into various sections…

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CAH Holdings issues notice after employee email accounts compromised

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Dissent

What follows is a somewhat unsatisfactory notice. It does not indicate when the email accounts were compromised. It does not indicate when the firm first discovered it or how they discovered it. It does not indicate how many people are being notified by them. It does not explain to patients why a holdings firm has…

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