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NEWS ABOUT: security breach

security breach stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Poor Michael. Even in death, he can't catch a break on privacy. Staffers at the Los Angeles coroner's office looked up the pop star's death certificate hundreds of times and even printed out copies, reports the Los Angeles Times. The office also found possible security breaches in two other computer... More »

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privacy • Michael Jackson • icons • Los Angeles County Coroner • security breach • death certificate

Hackers Expose Holes in Air Traffic Safety

Vulnerabilities abound ahead of planned $20B FAA upgrade

May 7, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Civilian air traffic computer networks are riddled with security holes, and hackers have breached them several times in the past few years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Intruders could gain access to operational systems by first hacking into administrative areas using 763 separate “high risk” holes in those systems,... More »

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FAA • air travel • hackers • computer network • air traffic control • security breach • Federal Aviation Administration

Phony Cop, 14, Fakes Out Police 'Co-Workers'

Fooled even partner on patrol

Jan 26, 09 1:56 AM CST
(Newser) - A 14-year-old boy posing as a Chicago traffic cop rode in a patrol car with a partner and completed five hours of a shift before anyone realized something was wrong. The teen turned up at a South Side police precinct in full uniform and fooled everyone except a single sergeant,... More »

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Chicago • impersonation • South Side • juvenile crime • security breach • Chicago police

Credit Card Processor Bares Massive Hacker Breach

Sophisticated hackers nab vast amounts credit card data

Jan 21, 09 3:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A credit card payment processor has disclosed a data breach that experts believe could be the biggest ever and may be putting millions of consumers at risk of ripoffs, the Washington Post reports. Heartland Payment Systems, which handles 100 million transactions from 250,000 businesses every month, believes malicious software... More »

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Internet • online fraud • fraud • identity theft • credit card • malware • online payments • security breach

Test Prep Firm Accidentally Publishes Student Data

Info for tens of thousands of Fla., Va. pupils available online for 7 weeks

Aug 19, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - An error in the Princeton Review’s website left personal information and standardized test scores for tens of thousands of students exposed on the internet for 7 weeks, the New York Times reports after a rival test-prep firm informed the newspaper. Data on 34,000 students from Sarasota, Fla., and... More »

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Florida • SAT • Princeton Review • tests • college preparation • security breach • personal information

 US Nuke
 Bomb Crew
 Caught Napping

Sleeping missile crew held secret codes

Jul 25, 08 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A three-man US missile crew fell asleep while in possession of  top secret launch codes for nuclear missiles, reports Reuters. It happened earlier this month at a Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota—the same site of a breach last year in which nuclear weapons were erroneously loaded on... More »

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Robert Gates • nuclear weapons • Minot Air Force Base • nuclear arsenal • B-52 bomber • security breach • launch codes

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