Incidents  

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • April 4th, 2015
SRI Inc’s Website Hacked, Tax IDs and SSNs Exposed

SRI Inc’s Website Hacked, Tax IDs and SSNs Exposed

There is no hint that the database was copied

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • April 3rd, 2015
SSNs of Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers Inadvertently Disclosed

SSNs of Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers Inadvertently Disclosed

DBO serves improperly redacted licensing records

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 31st, 2015
​Florida Department of State Exposes Voter Information

​Florida Department of State Exposes Voter Information

Info on high-risk individuals has been exposed

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 31st, 2015
Bradley University Systems Infected with Malware, SSNs Exposed

Bradley University Systems Infected with Malware, SSNs Exposed

IRS fraudulent tax return prompted the investigation

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 30th, 2015
Multiplay Servers Breached, Users Asked to Change Password

Multiplay Servers Breached, Users Asked to Change Password

Email sent out of an abundance of caution

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 30th, 2015
Puush Server Compromised, Rogue Update Downloads Malware

Puush Server Compromised, Rogue Update Downloads Malware

Mobile and OS X users were not affected by the incident

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 30th, 2015
World Leaders’ Personal Data Exposed by G20 Summit Organizers

World Leaders’ Personal Data Exposed by G20 Summit Organizers

The blunder became known 10 minutes after email delivery

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 30th, 2015
British Airways Locks Customers’ Online Accounts Following Unauthorized Access

British Airways Locks Customers’ Online Accounts Following Unauthorized Access

Reward point balance zeroed, Avios to be restored

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 28th, 2015
Slack Hack Gets User Profiles Exposed, Deploys “Password Kill Switch” and 2FA

Slack Hack Gets User Profiles Exposed, Deploys “Password Kill Switch” and 2FA

Password reset action pushed to affected users

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 26th, 2015
45 Students Suspended for Grade-Changing Hack

45 Students Suspended for Grade-Changing Hack

Sometimes favors were asked for altering the scores

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 20th, 2015
Shell Vacations Club Loses Customer Financial Info and SSNs

Shell Vacations Club Loses Customer Financial Info and SSNs

Complimentary two-year subscription offered to clients

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 20th, 2015
Capital One Informs of Customer Info Leak from Employee

Capital One Informs of Customer Info Leak from Employee

Fraud attempts have been recorded for some accounts

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 18th, 2015
Hackers Had Access to Premera Health Insurer Info for 10 Months

Hackers Had Access to Premera Health Insurer Info for 10 Months

Social security numbers and bank account data exposed

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 17th, 2015
Apple American Group Loses USB Drive, Employee SSNs Exposed

Apple American Group Loses USB Drive, Employee SSNs Exposed

Storage device may have been thrown in an airport bin

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 17th, 2015
Sacred Heart Health System Billing Info of 14,000 Exposed

Sacred Heart Health System Billing Info of 14,000 Exposed

Identity protection offered for free to some of the patients

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 13th, 2015
Financial Malware Infects Aurora Health Care Workstations

Financial Malware Infects Aurora Health Care Workstations

Information belonging to patients has not been exposed

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  • By Ionut Ilascu
  • March 11th, 2015
Laptop for EKG Machine Stolen from Valley Community Healthcare

Laptop for EKG Machine Stolen from Valley Community Healthcare

Hard disk not encrypted, highly sensitive info not exposed

 
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