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Resetting the Passwords for CIA Director John Brennan and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Carmelo
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Scottrade Breach

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Carmelo

“Cybercriminals had unauthorized access to our network for a period of several months between late 2013 and early 2014” According to a Cyber Security Alert page on Scottrade, Federal investigators found indicators that prove Scottrade’s network and systems was used. … Continue reading →

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Personnel Data and Social Security Numbers for EVERY Federal Employee STOLEN

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Carmelo

It was announced last week that hackers stole Social Security Numbers, military records and veterans’ status information, address, birth date, job and pay history, health insurance, life insurance, and pension information (age, gender, race data) when they breached the Office … Continue reading →

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The IRS

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Carmelo

Multiple sources, such as Krebs and Ars Technica, report that a lot of fraudulent activity has focused around the Get Transcript app on the IRS website. To obtain a transcript online, all that was needed to start the process was … Continue reading →

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Adult Friend Finder Data Breach: Sexploitation?

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Carmelo

The hook up site, Adult Friend Finder, suffered a data breach. Close to four million users had their data taken. Data included personal details, including email addresses, user-names, dates of birth, postal codes and IP addresses. Many members did not … Continue reading →

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Chris Roberts. Plane Hacker

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Carmelo

Chris Roberts tweeted what appeared to be a joke about “playing” with a United Airlines plane’s in-flight entertainment and crew-alerting system on April 15. Once he landed, he was questioned by the FBI for several hours. Some of his computer … Continue reading →

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Schools Hacked

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Carmelo

The University of California Berkeley school was hit with a data breach that might have exposed students’ Social Security numbers. The data held in the breached computer included Names, Social Security, and bank account numbers. The breach affected about 260 … Continue reading →

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Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Carmelo

If you visited a restaurant, bar, or retail outlet at a Hard Rock Hotel or Casino between September 3rd, 2014 and April 2nd, 2015 in Las Vegas, and don’t have credit monitoring set up, please check your statements and/or sign … Continue reading →

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How Social Engineering Affected Tesla

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Carmelo

In totally uncool moves, two Tesla owned accounts were hijacked via social engineering: A bad guy called AT&T customer support and pretended to be a Tesla employee. This person then demanded all phone calls to the company be forwarded to a … Continue reading →

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A Car is a Computer with Wheels

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Carmelo

Your car is totally hackable. See more posts on Car Hacking

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