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University of Vermont notifies some of stolen USB drive

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Dissent

The University of Vermont has been notifying some individuals that a USB drive with their information was in an employee’s purse that was stolen. The university learned of the theft on September 15, and the employee notified the police. The USB drive reportedly contained the following types of information: Completed UVM disclosure notices that had the employees’…

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NM: Charges dropped in insider hacking allegations case

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Dissent

Antonio Sanchez reports an update to a case previously noted on this blog one year ago: All charges against a former employee of a Rio Rancho internet service company, including embezzlement and extortion, were dismissed this fall due to a lack of evidence, according to court documents. The 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office dropped the…

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Bahamian man gets five years in U.S. prison for hacking celebrities

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Dissent

Nate Raymond reports: A Bahamian man was sentenced to five years in U.S. prison on Tuesday for hacking into celebrities’ email accounts to steal unreleased film and television scripts, personal information and sexually explicit videos in order to sell them. Alonzo Knowles, who maintained a list of 130 celebrities’ emails and phone numbers, was sentenced…

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University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School breach disclosed

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Dissent

Karen Herzog reports: A database within the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School that contained Social Security numbers and name pairs corresponding with 1,213 Law School applicants for 2005-’06 was hacked last month, the university announced Tuesday. The university became aware Nov. 3 that the database had been breached, and sent notices to those affected Dec. 6, offering…

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Former IT employee at Expedia pleads guilty to snooping on emails for stock deals

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Dissent

Gene Johnson reports: A former information technology worker at Expedia Inc. pleaded guilty Monday to securities fraud after authorities said he used his access to the computers of top executives to rummage through their email, then made lucrative, illegal stock trades based on the inside information he discovered. Prosecutors said Jonathan Ly, 28, of San Francisco…

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VA: Chesapeake Public Schools notifying employees of theft of their information

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Dissent

S. Cline reports that Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia is notifying 10,827 employees after an employee’s laptop with unencrypted information was stolen. The information on the laptop included names, social security numbers and bank account numbers of some past and present employees. The employees are being offered some protective services. The media report does not reveal whether…

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