Thinking of selling or giving away your smartphone or laptop computer? If you have a BlackBerry or an iPhone, go right ahead. But if you have an Android phone or a computer running Windows XP, you may want to hold off. View full post on computer forensic – Yahoo! News…
Hacker steals data on about 1 in 4 Utahns
A computer hacker stole Social Security numbers for 280,000 Utahns and swiped names, addresses and birth dates for 500,000 others, state officials said today. Officials announced the dramatically higher estimates at a news conference, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Utahns covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)…
Utah: 750K more victims in health dept data breach
An additional 750,000 people had their personal information stolen by hackers, state health officials said Monday after discovering that the thieves downloaded thousands more files of data than authorities initially believed. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Utah: Data breach may include 750,000 people
Health officials in Utah say 750,000 additional people, including many children, may have had personal information stolen by hackers. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Credit-card data breach raises hacker fears
The latest security breach involving credit-card data serves as an important reminder for cardholders to take precautions in order to protect their personal information. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Paper Data Breaches Can Be Expensive…and Stupid
Has there ever been a more meaningless, patronizing, and pathetic comment made after a cardholder data security breach than: “We take patients’ information very seriously, and we’re reviewing our policy, and our training procedures to make sure this never happens again?” According to this report from the Boston Globe, St….
Credit card data breach effects reach Iowa
Credit unions and banks in Iowa are reissuing customer credit and debit cards, and reporting increased fraudulent card use. View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Anonymous Exposes data of 10,000 Civic Democrats from Czech
Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHackersNews/~3/smP6cY01bJE/anonymous-exposes-data-of-10000-civic.html View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
Brit hacker stole ‘staggering’ amount of data, jailed for two years
A 23-year-old British hacker, apparently working alone, stole the personal information of more than eight million people over an 18-month period. Despite claiming he had done it as an intellectual challenge rather than for financial gain, he was jailed for just over two years. A British hacker apparently operating on…
Electronic Frontier Foundation backs Megaupload user data demands
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a brief asking a US court to figure out a way to return data to Megaupload users cut off from their files in January. Legitimate third parties who held the copyright for their data have not been able to access their files since…