Washington AG: DSHS worker committed ID theft, stole more than $150k
Timothy Darrell Fultz was charged with creating 38 fake IDs and stealing more than $150,000 from an unclaimed funds website.
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Skimming scam affects 20,000 debit cards at America First
Credit union employees noticed suspicious activity and the credit union found that a skimming device was used at an unnamed retailer to steal card data.
New Zealand logged 219 cyber events in 2013, NCSC reports
Most of the incidents originated overseas and the private sector was most frequently targeted.
Study: Security pros still grappling with lax password policies
Surveys conducted at the RSA Conference revealed that many can still access former employers’ systems and most eschewed the cloud for sensitive data.
Calif. court says Eisenhower Medical Center not liable for data breach
An appellate court ruled that patients’ personal information was not coupled with medical history, treatment or other medical data.
WordPress cookie flaw could lead to near account takeover
A technologist at EFF discovered the browser cookie was not encrypted but rather was sent in plaintext over HTTP.
China reportedly urges banks to dump IBM servers
The Chinese government is pushing government-owned banks to replace IBM servers with those made locally, according to reports.
Senate committee OKs bill to give DHS broader security hiring authority
A bill introduced on Tuesday, which got the go-ahead on Wednesday, would let the DHS Secretary directly appoint cyber professionals, set basic pay and offer additional compensation.
Calif. Senate passes bill to curb federal govt data collection
The federal government would have to get a warrant from a judge before state officials could cooperate in collecting data on California residents.
Target clueless on breach costs, Q1 profits fall
Without insight into third-party liabilities and expenses, Target’s interim CEO told CNBC that the retailer still doesn’t know the cost of last December’s data breach.
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