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Line 204 hacked by TheDarkOverlord

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Dissent

Line 204 in Hollywood has disclosed that they were hacked by TheDarkOverlord. The Los Angeles Business Journal reports: “All we know right now is that the group has stolen Line 204’s client database, and we’re working with the FBI now to uncover exactly what they may actually have in their possession,” a Line 204 spokeswoman…

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Terror threat as unencrypted Heathrow Airport security files found dumped in the street

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Dissent

From the holy-shit-this-is-bad dept. Dan Warburton reports that a man found a USB stick in the street and plugged it in to a library computer (well, ok, we can discuss that later), but what he found was breath-taking, and not in a good way: 174 documents with 2.5 GB of data that included: The exact…

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NY: Catholic Charities’ server hacked, possibly as early as 2015

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dissent

Paul Nelson reports: The personal information of about 4,600 past and present clients and several employees of Catholic Charities may have been exposed after a computer server in the Glens Falls office was hacked, according to Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Albany. It sounds like the hacked server contained some medical information on the…

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Attorney: ‘White hat hacker’ tried to get Trump tax returns

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dissent

Michael Kunzelman reports: A Louisiana private investigator accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns says he is a benevolent “white hat hacker” who tried to test and report a security flaw in a government website. Jordan Hamlett tried to discover “out of sheer curiosity” whether Trump’s tax information could be accessed through…

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AZ Board of Education discloses FERPA incident, sends veiled threat to recipient of disclosed material?

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Dissent

The Arizona State Board of Education has notified parents on a breach: Whoops: The State Board of Education says it “inadvertently” released student information when it released records on A-F grading appeals. pic.twitter.com/jwHManpAbQ — Rachel Leingang (@rachelleingang) October 26, 2017 So here’s the thing: this is the state’s error in responding to a FOIA request…

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Midland County notifies residents of data breach

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Dissent

Violet Trevizo reports: The Midland County District Attorney is warning residents after their third-party payment system was hacked. According to a press release, information entered into a third-party payment system could have been compromised back on Sept. 6 due to a security breach. Since the forensic investigation was not conducted by the vendor, Midland County…

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