Monica Rodriguez reports: POMONA – Cal Poly Pomona has mailed letters to 38 past and present faculty members notifying them that their personal data was accessible by people within the College of Business Administration.The letters were mailed Monday, university spokesman Tim Lynch said. Instruction and Information Technology personnel have determined the data – names and…
More Government leaks from Operation Venezuela by SwichSmoke
Yesterday we published that SwichSmoke has 6gb of government files ready to be leaked out, after they sort it out. Today they have released another 3 packages, via media fire 15.78mb, 35mb, 37mb plus the 150mb package from yesterday. Over the next few days we expect to see more government files being leaked. part 2: https://www.mediafire.com/?evbm97xl86hmvv3…
UK: MP and councillor hit out at owners of The Knoll
Kathie Griffiths reports: A probe was under way last night after highly-confidential medical files and records were found dumped in the grounds of an abandoned nursing home in Bradford. Among the personal information scattered in piles of rubbish at The Knoll at Thackley were care plans, detailed health assessments and poignant photos of residents who…
(update) Texan gets 4 years for restaurant-related fraud
This is a follow-up to a breach previously covered on this blog in December 2010. Associated Press reports: An East Texas man has been sentenced to four years in prison over credit card numbers scammed from a restaurant and the Internet. The U.S. attorney’s office says 26-year-old Christopher Michael of Malakoff pleaded guilty in May…
28000+ more accounts leaked in the name of #FreeTopiary
Recently we have seen a very well known member of lulzsec and anonymous be arrested and now facing charges, from this a new faze of attacks dedicated to Topiarys has started. With a lot of other hackers coming out and standing up for him we are starting to see a lot of information leaked, sites…
WA: Information breach discovered in 4,000 child-support cases
Vanessa Ho reports: The state Department of Social and Health Services said Tuesday it had wrongly disclosed addresses in nearly 4,000 child-support cases. The department said a coding error had caused the mistake, in which medical enrollment forms with the addresses of custodial parents were sent to non-custodial parents. The state considers such information confidential….