SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2016 — On November 4, 2016, Hillary Tentler discovered that her home was broken into that day. Upon discovery, she immediately notified the Santa Barbara CountySheriff’s office and a police report was filed. Unfortunately, along with personal effects, the burglars stole three back up hard drives for her CPA practice. On November 9, 2016, the Sheriff’s…
Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking the Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Have Used Virtual Currency
The government’s press release on an issue mentioned previously: a broad warrant for records on everyone who used Coinbase. The government appears to be going on a fishing expedition with court authorization. Oh well, the Fourth Amendment had a good run, I guess. A federal court in the Northern District of California entered an order today authorizing the…
NL: Erasmus University Data Breach Exposed Students’ Medical and Financial Information
JP Buntinx reports: When Erasmus University was hacked a couple of weeks ago, it appeared that only student names, addresses, and logins were obtained. But that is only part of the real story. A total of 270,000 webforms residing on one particular web server were breached during the attack. Close to 5,000 forms contain student medical information,…
NYS audit of Glen Cove City School District finds deficiencies in IT procedures
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli has released the state’s audit of the Glen Cove City School District . The audit concerned portable electronic devices. Key findings from the audit: There was no written policy for notifying the IT office of new hires, keeping track of equipment assigned to employees and collecting equipment when an employee leaves District employment. The District’s…
Check Point reveals 1,000,000 Gmail accounts were hacked
Arutz Sheva reports: Security researchers at Israeli software security company Check Point revealed Wednesday that a fresh Android security breach has resulted in more than one million Google accounts being hacked, accordng to a Channel 2 report. According to the company’s researchers, attackers were able to gain access to the personal information of over one million GMAIL…
Zynga sues 2 former employees over alleged massive data heist
Cyrus Farivar reports: On Tuesday, Zynga sued two of its former employees. The company claims they stole confidential information and took it to their new employer, rival social gaming startup, Scopely. Massimo Maietti and Ehud Barlach worked as higher-up employees for the San Francisco-based Zynga until they left in July and September, respectively. Scopely, which makes Dice with Buddies, Wheel…