Seen on Maplesoft’s web site: Maplesoft is investigating a security breach of its administrative database that took place on July 17th, 2012. As a result of the breach, the perpetrators gained access to some email subscription data, including email addresses, first and last names, and company and institution names. Any financial information held by Maplesoft remains…
NZ: Winz staff fired over privacy breaches
Jared Savage reports: Ten Work and Income staff members have been sacked after two inquiries into breaches of privacy for beneficiaries. The national review of the Ministry of Social Development was launched last December after an investigation into staff at the Manukau branch office. Seven were dismissed for “appalling” breaches of the code of conduct…
1,200 Usernames, Passwords Leaked from Yale University
Eduard Kovacs reports: The newly founded hacker collective NullCrew has been very busy in the past few days. After they hacked the systems of ASUS and the ones of a South African ISP directory, they turned their attention to Yale University. From the databases of the educational institution, the hackers obtained the details of around 1,200 students and…
Maine: DHHS mailing error exposes personal information
Leslie Bridgers reports: A glitch in the Department of Health and Human Services’ computer system exposed the personal information of public assistance applicants, including Social Security and bank account numbers. Information from 31 applications submitted online was sent out between December and June to 39 random addresses in the department’s system, said Dale Denno, director of…
AU: Diggers’ personal details released in email
Privacy concerns have been raised after the personal details of thousands of former Australian Defence Force personnel were wrongly sent out in an email. The Defence Community Organisation, which helps families adjust to military life, emailed a database of nearly 2,500 former Defence staff to around 400 other ex-service personnel. The information included names, identification…
Albert Gonzalez co-conspirator sentenced to 7 years in prison for Dave & Buster’s hack and other crimes
Aleksandr Suvorov, of Estonia, was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison for his role in two separate hacking schemes involving a total of more than 240,000 stolen credit card numbers. Suvorov, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein in Central Islip, N.Y. Suvorov was an accomplice to Albert Gonzalez, one of…