Associated Press updates an insider incident previously covered on this blog: A former San Francisco city employee is facing charges that she stole Social Security and other confidential information from more than 3,000 people who applied for Medi-Cal benefits. Shawn Williams pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to four felony counts of withholding and concealing stolen…
Update: More than 4,000 vets potentially affected by VA data breach
Nicole Blake Johnson reports: A Veterans Affairs Department data breach may have put at risk the personal information of more than 4,000 veterans, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said Wednesday. That is nearly twice the number of potentially affected vets VA said last week were eligible for credit monitoring because of the breach. The…
Final phase of Mass. data protection law kicks in March 1
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision of a state data breach law that went into effect in March 2010. The law (download PDF) is designed to ensure that companies holding data…
OK: Medical records stolen from skincare company
Sharon Phillips reports: A burglary in south Tulsa has detectives on high alert. The personal information of more than 400 people is now in the hands of crooks. It happened at Preferred Skin Solutions near 55th and Lewis, and now officers are concerned about identity theft. The owners believe the thieves broke in sometime between…
IDF, Israel Defence Force Attack Iran Websites in Middle East Cyber War
content/images/gallery/random3/hacked-by-idf-team.png Yesterday we reported that a few hospitals came under attack in Israel, as a result of this many Israeli hackers have become pissed off and unleashed more attacks agasint Iranian websites and have plans for many more. The attacks are coming from IDF otherwise known as Israel Defence force team and are aimed purely…
34,000 Accounts leaked from xboxliveclans.com by @alsa7rx
content/images/gallery/random3/leaked-xbox-live-clans-forum-pastebin-com_.png @alsa7rx is just about to make alot of gamers panic, specially if they have used xboxliveclans.com and signed up and stupidly used the same usernames/password combos everywhere, which si very common. The attack which has seen over 34000 accounts leaked from the vbulletin based forums is sure to stir up some trouble for people. The leaked…