Nearly 53,000 of those affected had their names and Social Security numbers compromised, while the rest had their names and dates of birth exposed in the incident.
via University of North Florida breach exposes data on 107,000 individuals.
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University of North Florida breach exposes data on 107,000 individuals
Posted by compliancesoftware
on October 16, 2010
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Nigerian advance-fee scammer gets 12 years
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on September 10, 2010
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A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sending out fraudulent e-mails offering victims big bucks in exchange for moving cash to the United States.
Okpako Mike Diamreyan, 31, was sentenced to 151 months of prison Wednesday by United States District Judge Janet Hall in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
via Nigerian advance-fee scammer gets 12 years.
What security can learn from the $15M Sprint employee breach
Posted by compliancesoftware
on September 10, 2010
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Federal prosecutors this week charged nine former Sprint employees with fraud and aggravated identity theft after learning they had cloned customer cell phone numbers to make $15 million worth of calls. According to the complaint from federal prosecutors, the individuals who have been charged worked at Sprint stores in the Bronx, Bergen, N.J., and Tampa, Fla., and used company computers to get confidential information about thousands of customers. The data was used to create the so-called ‘clone’ cell phones. Of the $15 million worth of calls, a large percentage of them were international calls, said prosecutors.
via What security can learn from the $15M Sprint employee breach.
Hotel systems breached and card info stolen all over the U.S.
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on September 10, 2010
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The payment system at a number of properties of HEI Hospitality – the hospitality operator that runs over 30 upscale hotels across the U.S. under brand names as Marriott, Hilton, Sheraton and others – has been breached and card data of some 3,400 customers has been compromised, says Databreaches.net.
via Hotel systems breached and card info stolen all over the U.S..
Roundup of largest data breaches / incidents
Posted by compliancesoftware
on September 7, 2010
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| records | date | organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 130,000,000 | 2009-01-20 | Heartland Payment Systems, Tower Federal Credit Union, Beverly National Bank |
| 94,000,000 | 2007-01-17 | TJX Companies Inc. |
| 90,000,000 | 1984-06-01 | TRW, Sears Roebuck |
| 76,000,000 | 2009-10-05 | National Archives and Records Administration |
| 40,000,000 | 2005-06-19 | CardSystems, Visa, MasterCard, American Express |
| 26,500,000 | 2006-05-22 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| 25,000,000 | 2007-11-20 | HM Revenue and Customs, TNT |
| 17,000,000 | 2008-10-06 | T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom |
| 16,000,000 | 1986-11-01 | Canada Revenue Agency |
| 12,500,000 | 2008-03-26 | LaSalle Bank, BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, Archive Systems Inc, The Walt Disney Company, SYNOVUS |
Windows DLL load hijacking exploits go wild
Posted by compliancesoftware
on August 25, 2010
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Less than 24 hours after Microsoft said it couldn’t patch Windows to fix a systemic problem, attack code appeared Tuesday to exploit the company’s software.
Also on Tuesday, a security firm that’s been researching the issue for the last nine months said 41 of Microsoft’s own programs can be remotely exploited using DLL load hijacking, and named two of them.
via Windows DLL load hijacking exploits go wild.
Trojan blamed for Spanish air crash
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on August 23, 2010
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A plane crash that killed 154 people in 2008 might have been partly connected to the infection of an important ground safety system by malware, a Spanish newspaper has claimed.
The Spanair plane took off from Madrid to fly to the Canary Islands on 20 August 2008, but failed to clear the runway. Of the 172 passengers and aircrew on board, only 18 survived.
via Trojan blamed for Spanish air crash.
AMR Corporation Sends Letters to Certain Retirees and Employees Regarding Data Compromise and Offer
Posted by compliancesoftware
on July 6, 2010
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Today, AMR Corporation , the parent company of American Airlines, Inc., sent letters to potentially affected retirees, former employees, and a limited number of current employees about a compromise of certain personal information. The data, which had been kept by AMR’s pension department, spans a time period from 1960 through 1995, and consists of images of historical microfilm files for approximately 79,000 retirees, former employees, and a limited number of current employees. No customer data was compromised
BofA call center worker pleads guilty to data theft
Posted by compliancesoftware
on June 14, 2010
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A Bank of America call center employee has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole sensitive client information and then tried to sell it for cash.
Brian Matty Hagen pleaded guilty last week to one count of bank fraud. According to court filings he allegedly recorded customer account information when BofA customers called him for technical support at the Florida call center where he worked.
via BofA call center worker pleads guilty to data theft.
Computer contractor gets five years for $2M credit union theft
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on May 3, 2010
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Zeldon Morris, a Provo, Utah computer contractor, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing close to $2 million from four credit unions that he performed IT services for.
via Computer contractor gets five years for $2M credit union theft.
