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Stolen computers have Wells Fargo customer data">Stolen computers have Wells Fargo customer data
Thousands of Wells Fargo & Co. mortgage and student-loan customers may be at risk for identity theft after four computers were stolen last month from a vendor that prints loan statements.
The computers were taken from the Atlanta office of Regulus Integrated Solutions LLC contained customer names, addresses, and social security and account numbers.
As the third ...
Computer Hacker Charged">Computer Hacker Charged
Three days worth of business - should be easy to calculate.
A precedent could be set for Internet hackers in the area if a Wausau man is convicted. This is the first time the Wausau Police Department is charging someone with a crime like this.
Twenty-nine-year-old Matthew Schuster is accused of transmitting a program causing damage to ...
UC Berkeley Hacker Story
I know this is old news, but I am trying to track down the difference in estimated impact numbers (600,000 or 1.4 million Californians?) so I decided I would blog my research:
Reuters, 10/19/04: Hacker Hits California University Computer
- Names, SSNs, Home Addresses, Dates of Birth of 1.4 million Californians
- Breach identified end of August; Feds ...
Who Shot JR?
Who wrote Sobig? There is a new theory in town, and adding to the mystery is the anonymity of those that espouse it... So here it is: http://authortravis.tripod.com/WhoWroteSobig.pdf.
Pretty interesting stuff, actually.
Update: The Russian programmer denies it: Russian Denies Authoring "SoBig" Worm
- Now, if only the authors of the analysis had started with "He'll of ...
Halloween Costumes
Figured I would blog the halloween characters I see tonight:
6:10pm - one Red Power Ranger
6:18pm - one evil fairy, one black angel, one fifties girl
6:19pm - Jack Skellington (nightmare before christmas) and something "I didn't know what to be"
6:20pm - one 3-yr old bad witch who wondered why I didn't have shoes and socks on
6:21pm ...
Identity Management Backstory
The latest story on Identity Management from Computerworld.
The Horror
I am in shock. And here I thought that only Microsoft products were vulnerable to security bugs.
Looks like this is the end of innocence for Mac users.
P-Voting Attack
Ampersand describes and Schneier comments on how Ampersand's mailbox was knocked over on the same day as some ballots were due in the mail. Umm, this "P-Voting" attack - that is, Physical voting - worries me not even a little bit... slightly inefficient if its interest is to change the tide of the election.
Risks like ...