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Capital One says data breach affected 100 million credit card applications

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Dissent

Devlin Barrett reports: Capital One, the Virginia-based bank with a popular credit card business, announced Monday that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, and investigators say thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers were also taken. The FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. Thompson, on a charge…

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LAPD Police Officers’ Personal Information Stolen in Data Breach

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Dissent

Eric Leonard, Philip Drechsler, and Andrew Blankstein report: The personal information of about 2,500 LAPD officers, along with approximately 17,500 police officer applicants, was stolen in a theft of data held by the City’s Personnel Department, several officials told NBCLA. The breach was discovered in recent days, the officials said, and the affected officers were being…

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Syracuse ransomware attack: School district expects to pay $50,000, insurance pays rest

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Dissent

James T. Mulder reports: The Syracuse City School District expects to pay a $50,000 insurance deductible to restore its computer system which was hit by a ransomware attack more than two weeks ago. The district did not say if the insurance carrier paid a ransom to attackers. The insurance carrier, who the district did not…

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Hackers attack Cabarrus, Anson, Lincoln County websites, computers

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Dissent

WCNC reports: Overnight separate attacks began impacting the web pages and servers of at least three agencies. As of 5 p.m. Friday, some agencies had restored their services while others were still offline. The hackers targeted the City of Concord, Anson County, and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The hackers did not get their hands…

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DNForum Sends Out Password Reset

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Dissent

Elliot Silver writes: Earlier this morning, I unexpectedly received a password reset request at DNForum. I was previously an active user on DNForum, but I have not used the forum in quite some time. As a result, I was taken aback that a password reset email was sent to me. It looks like I was…

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Morehouse Parish School Board member talks about what happened

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Dissent

Mya Hudgins reports: A State of Emergency has been issued by Governor John Bel Edwards regarding cybersecurity. This ongoing cybersecurity attack has effected multiple local government agencies– including Monroe schools and the Morehouse Parish School District. On July 8th- there was a computer system disruption in Monroe City Schools. The district is scanning every computer…

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