An intriguing entry on HHS’s breach tool this week sent me off digging to see what I could find: PBH,NC,,”50,000″,11/15/2011,Unauthorized Access/Disclosure,”Network Server, Email”,2/24/2012, It turns out that first there was this breach notice posted on November 16, 2011: PBH wishes to inform our consumers that on or about November 15, 2011, the AC LME was denied…
AntiSec Hacks Ohio InfraGard
AntiSec hacked a government based InfraGard site early this morning. InfraGard is a private non-profit organization serving as a public-private partnership between U.S. businesses and the FBI. The organization describes itself as "an information sharing and analysis effort serving the interests and combining the knowledge base of a wide range of members." [1] InfraGard states…
AL: Wallace Community College hacked
The Virtual SEPO blog reports that Wallace Community College in Alabama was hacked. Included in the data dump/proof of hack were 8 usernames, e-mail addresses, and passwords and a second table with 276 usernames, passwords, and full names. The passwords appear to be MD5 and were easily cracked using an online tool. The college was…
Valley View University of Ghana hacked
Valley View University in Ghana is a private chartered university. According to Wikipedia, it is part of a worldwide system of over 100 tertiary institutions operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. And according to Virtual SEPO, it was hacked. The data dump includes entries consisting of e-mail address, plaintext passwords, and full names. Here’s a…
OR: Ex-Burger King worker accused of stealing credit card, bank info
Police say they have identified nearly 30 people who had their credit card information stolen by a former fast food employee. Andrey Mudryak was arraigned in Multnomah County court Wednesday morning after he was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Gresham police say Mudryak used to work the overnight shift at a Burger King on Southeast…
LA: Ouachita Parish Sheriff Royce Toney arrested and must take leave
More on that case out of Ouachita Parish first reported in October 2011. Ouachita Parish Sheriff Royce Toney must take a leave of absence from his position following his arrest Friday by federal officials. Toney was arrested around 10 a.m. at his Courthouse Annex office without incident following an investigation by the federal officials that…