Archive for the ‘Security Breach’ Category

Security glitch exposes WellPoint data again

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By Tom Murphy
INDIANAPOLIS – WellPoint Inc. has notified 470,000 individual insurance customers that medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been exposed in the latest security breach of the health insurer’s records.
The Indianapolis company said the problem stemmed from an online program customers can use to track the progress [...]

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Facebook Accounts Hacked; 1.5 Million Login IDs For Sale?

Russian Hacker ‘Kirllos’ Claims He Stole Accounts of 1 in 300 Facebook Users
By LIZ HERON
Want a great deal on a Facebook account? A Russian hacker who calls himself “kirllos” claims he can sell you 1,000 unsuspecting users’ login credentials for just $25, or $45 if the accounts have more than 10 friends each.
The hacker [...]

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NorCal’s John Muir hospital warns of breach

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The Associated Press
Posted: 04/06/2010 08:31:15 AM PDT
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—More than 5,000 patients in the John Muir hospital system have been warned of a potential security breach after two laptop computers that contained personal and health information were stolen.
The laptops were stolen from a perinatal office in Walnut Creek in February. [...]

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UCSF laptop containing patient files stolen

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The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO—The medical records of more than 4,000 patients at the University of California, San Francisco may have been compromised after a laptop they were on was stolen.
Officials with the university said Wednesday the laptop was recovered earlier this month after it was taken from a medical school employee during a [...]

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Hackers deface 5th govt Web site, mock automated polls

By Jerrie Abella, GMANews.TV
Another government Web site was found defaced Sunday night – the fifth attack since last month.
Hackers of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Web site, however, took on a bolder approach by leaving a message that seemed to mock the upcoming automated elections.
“Ano ba gagamitin sa Election? Blade server? Juniper [...]

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ATM bandits hack security

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Overseas gangs have cracked the code of ATM anti-skimming devices in Australia just two months after their roll-out.
ATM Security Breach News Video
Overseas gang has cracked the code of ATM using skimming devices in Australia, where bank customers are defenseless against organized crime unless they check ATM themselves against any sign of tempering.
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FBI Probes Hacks at Citibank

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The Wall Street Journal
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a computer-security breach targeting Citigroup Inc. that resulted in a theft of tens of millions of dollars by computer hackers who appear linked to a Russian cyber gang, according to government officials.
The attack took aim at Citigroup’s Citibank subsidiary, which [...]

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Major security breach

from AFP
Into The Breach
By Josh Rushing in Asia
When I was embedded with the US military in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in August I wandered into a tent that I immediately recognized from my days in the military. It was an operations tent, but it was far more technologically advanced than any operations center I ever witnessed [...]

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Internet security breach found at UCSF

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By Erin Allday, SF Chronicle
Hackers may have had access to personal information for about 600 UCSF patients as a result of an Internet “phishing” scam, campus officials said Tuesday.
The security breach occurred in September when a faculty physician in the UCSF School of Medicine provided a user name and password in response to [...]

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Hackers steal credit-card numbers from restaurant customers

Here we have another unnecessary credit card data breach in a small organization which resulted in a loss of customers data demonstrating poor baseline security of small organization in this case a restaurant. Small organizations are not ready for PCI Compliance. Checkout why PCI Compliance is essential and why small merchants have to comply. [...]

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