Dan Seufert reports: A regional scholarship foundation that gives $300,000 in scholarships each year has notified past applicants that their names, addresses and Social Security numbers may have been stolen. The Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation sent notices to former Lakes Region high school students who had applied for scholarships between 1996 and 2009 saying that…
Fired Network Administrator Takes Revenge in a Most Obvious Manner
Lauren J. Young reports: When PA Online, a former internet service provider based in Enola, Pennsylvania, fired its network administrator Dariusz Prugar in 2010, he left with a serious grudge. There would be revenge. Just days after Prugar was fired for personnel issues, PA Online noticed that its computers and web services were failing. Prugar, a…
Records from juvenile program run by Sheriff’s Office found dumped in Detroit
Gus Burns reports: The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department is looking into the discovery of illegally dumped records in Detroit Tuesday that originated from an at-risk juvenile program the agency operated. WDIV-TV, Channel 4 News On Tuesday learned about “piles” of juvenile records including pictures, phone numbers and “other sensitive information.” Wayne County denied there was any…
River Cree casino hacked, customer information compromised
CBC News reports: The River Cree casino says it was the victim of a “cyberattack” earlier this week that resulted in the theft of customer and employee information. The casino, on the Enoch Cree First Nation just west of Edmonton, said it discovered the attack on Monday and immediately alerted the RCMP, the Alberta Gaming and…
Ex-Employee Of U.S. Department Of Veteran’s Affairs Sentenced for Aggravated Identity Theft
Terrence Starks, age 37, from Bunker Hill, Illinois was sentenced to a total of thirty months in prison as a result of convictions for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The sentencing was announced yesterday. In addition, Starks was ordered to serve three years supervised release following his release from prison and pay restitution totaling $19,260.26. Terrence…
IG: Poor firewall maintenance leaves USPS exposed
Aaron Boyd reports: The Postal Service inspector general has been dinging the agency on its cybersecurity posture recently, with the most recent report examining deficiencies in the firewalls protecting mail processing systems. The report — which was finalized on Jan. 26 but just released in redacted form — notes USPS maintains 285 firewalls nationwide. The IG sampled…