It was a worrying breach, and a good reminder that some breaches can literally put people’s lives at risk: A retired Special Branch officer whose details were stolen in the break-in at a top security base in Belfast is to receive just over £20,000 in damages, a High Court judge ruled today. Mr Justice Horner…
Missouri man pleads guilty to his role in computer hacking, ID theft scheme enabled by consumers’ re-use of login credentials
Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the fifth and final defendant pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to his role in a $725,000 fraud scheme that involved hacking into business computer systems to steal the identity information of hundreds of their customers. Vince Evola, 45, of Gladstone, Mo.,…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. explains delay in notifying Connecticut about online security breach
JPMorgan Chase has attempted to explain the delay in notification to Connecticut, but at least one Connecticut official is not satisfied. Ed Jacovino reports: JPMorgan Chase & Co. says it waited to determine what information could have been involved in an online security breach before telling officials this week that people with state-issued debit cards…
Tracking System Prepares New York to Evacuate Patients in Emergencies
Jessica Hughes reports: Just more than one year after Hurricane Sandy’s waters flooded the northeast, cutting power and forcing more than 7,000 patients and residents at hospitals and nursing homes to evacuate, New York state demonstrated that it can now track those vulnerable citizens during the next big storm. A demo in mid-November at a…
Statement on guilty pleas by Paypal13
Statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California on the “Paypal13:” Thirteen defendants pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose yesterday to charges related to their involvement in the cyber-attack of PayPal’s website as part of the group “Anonymous,” United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. One of the defendants also…
Horizon BCBS notifying 840,000 members after laptops stolen with personal data (update 1)
Ed Beeson reports: Nearly 840,000 members of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield are being notified that their personal information may have been contained on a pair of laptops that were stolen from the insurer’s Newark headquarters last month. The stolen laptops were password-protected, but had unencrypted data, Horizon said in a statement today. A subsequent…