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Big data breach unmasks Bloomberg chat room users

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dissent

Kevin Dugan reports: Nearly one thousand Bloomberg terminal users participating in an anonymous chat room had their identities unmasked this week when a London investment company sent out a list of the participants — including names and employers — to people in the chat room, The Post has learned. The data breach, one of the…

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Former Air Force member sentenced for stealing fellow members’ information

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dissent

Luke Wilusz reports: A former U.S. Air Force member was sentenced to four years in prison this week for stealing and distributing personal information from other service members. A federal jury found 28-year-old Ronnie Allen II guilty earlier this year of two counts each of of identity theft, aggravated identity theft and access device fraud,…

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UCLA server targeted in attack held data on 32,000 students

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dissent

Jacob Preal reports: A cyberattack on a UCLA administration server potentially breached the personal information of about 32,000 students earlier this week, UCLA officials said. On Monday, UCLA reported an alleged May 18 cyberattack on a Summer Sessions and International Education Office server. The server contained the personal information of thousands of students, according to…

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Nigerian charged in W-2 phishing attacks on school districts in Connecticut and Minnesota

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Dissent

A Nigerian man has been arrested for his alleged role in W-2 phishing attacks on school districts that resulted in tax refund fraud.  On Friday, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut issued the following press release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the…

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FL: GPAs mistakenly sent to parents, students

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Dissent

David Williams reports: Thousands of students at a Seminole County high school had private information leaked in an text alert, according to a  spokesperson for for school district.  The GPAs of more than 4,100 current and former students were exposed by an athletic coach. Seminole County Public Schools says on July 27,  the athletic director…

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Data Breach as Office 365 Admin Center Displays Usage Data from Other Tenants

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Dissent

Tony Redmond reports: The danger of making mistakes when changing cloud systems that run at massive scale was demonstrated on Thursday evening (August 3) when the Office 365 Admin Center suddenly started to reveal usage data belonging to other tenants. Reports flooded in from administrators who noticed that the reported email and SharePoint usage for…

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