Today, a spokesperson for ESingles provided an update to the MilitarySingles.com breach report. Their statement is as follows: After a thorough investigation by our company programmers, it is our conclusion that our database was not hacked and that the claims of the Lulzsec group are completely false. Here are a couple points to note: 1….
Howard University Hospital Notifies Over 34,000 Patients of Laptop Theft
*sigh* Howard University Hospital this week sent notification to patients of a potential disclosure of their protected health information in late January. A former contractor’s personal laptop containing patient information was stolen, according to a statement by the hospital. The laptop, taken from the former contractor’s vehicle, was password protected. […] The hospital has sent…
Chris Aragon, partner in Carders Market, pleads guilty in massive ID theft/fraud scheme
The leader of a crime ring was convicted yesterday of stealing thousands of personal identities and counterfeiting credit cards to buy high-end goods to be resold on eBay and Craigslist. Christopher John Aragon, 51, Capistrano Beach, pleaded guilty March 26, 2012, to 50 felony counts including 33 counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information,…
FTC releases proposed settlement order in RockYou breach; $250k fine for breaching COPPA
The RockYou breach, disclosed in December 2009, stands as the 10th largest breach on DataLossDB’s counter after 32 million login credentials were compromised. A civil suit, Claridge v. RockYou, is still unsettled, although a proposed settlement was submitted to the court in November 2011. Previous coverage on this breach can be found here. Now the FTC…
How to ensure a lost mobile device won’t cause a data breach
ID Experts points us to a post by Pamela Lewis Dolan: Physicians who own mobile devices should make the following assumption: If they lose a smartphone or tablet, someone is going to try to see what’s on it. With an estimated 80% of physicians using a mobile device on the job, a lot of patient…
Dutch Police Arrest 17-year-old Suspected of Breaching Hundreds of KPN Servers
Loek Essers reports: The Dutch High Tech Crime Team has arrested a 17-year-old suspected of compromising customer account data on hundreds of servers belonging to telecommunications operator KPN….. The arrested teenager called himself “xS”, “Yoshioka” and “Yui” online, and is suspected of breaching the security of hundreds of KPN servers last January, compromising user data…