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Outdated software left municipal worker information exposed in 200 towns

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Dissent

Anne Wallace Allen reports: An outdated software that is used by about 200 Vermont municipalities and the Vermont Tax Department has long contained flaws that exposed sensitive information including Social Security numbers, according to an IT consultant and the software company’s founder. New England Municipal Resource Center, or NEMRC, is software that cities and towns…

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Laplace Woman Charged with Stealing Federal Student Aid Funds and Identity Theft

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Dissent

From the press release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDRA GRAVES, age 31, was charged on January 31, 2019 in a two-count bill of information with theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641 and identity theft in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section…

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Email Attachment Goof Exposed Personal Info of 4,557 Cal Poly Pomona Students

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Dissent

Victoria Gonzalez reports: Human error caused a massive leak of personal information of all active students in the College of Science. On Jan. 29, the campus community was notified via email of the leak. The incident occurred Jan. 28 when a university employee within the Computer Science Department intended to send an email containing advising…

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TN: Pellissippi State Community College reveals data breach potentially affecting 222 students

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Dissent

DT staff reports: More than 200 current and former students of Pellissippi State Community College could be in danger of identity theft because an unauthorized user had access to their personal information, the school revealed Monday. Pellissippi State said it had notified 222 people whose information might have be been compromised through an email account…

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CA: Two men indicted in “sim swapping” scheme to steal cryptocurrency

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dissent

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury indicted Ahmad Wagaafe Hared and Matthew Gene Ditman with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, extortion, and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge John Bennett. According to the…

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Hackers targeted universities with phishing attacks

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dissent

The FBI has published more about a case that was previously reported on this site (the DOJ’s press release at the time can be found here).  Today,  the FBI wrote: Two men who were citizens of Nigeria, living in Malaysia, and conducting their crimes from behind computers likely assumed they were safe from the reach…

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