20000 patient records Breach at Stanford Hospital

20000 patient records Breach at Stanford Hospital Last month Stanford University's hospital discovered a massive privacy breach when 20,000 emergency room records appeared online. The records included names, diagnosis codes, account numbers, dates of admission and discharge, and billing charges...

Another Government contractor - PCS Consultants (USA) got Hacked by #Antisec

Another Government contractor - PCS Consultants USA got Hacked Another Government contractor - PCS Consultants USA got hacked by Anonymous Hackers & Antisec operation Hackers. Database of website has been extracted and leaked on internet via tweeter on Pastebin.The leaked Data extracted Includes...

Another Government contractor - PCS Consultants (USA) got Hacked by #Antisec

Another Government contractor - PCS Consultants USA got Hacked Another Government contractor - PCS Consultants USA got hacked by Anonymous Hackers & Antisec operation Hackers. Database of website has been extracted and leaked on internet via tweeter on Pastebin.The leaked Data extracted Includes...

Pentagon Discloses Massive Data Theft, Lays Out New Security Strategy

A targeted attack on a defense contractor in March of this year resulted in the theft of 24,000 files by an unknown attacker, according to Defense Department officials. The attack, which officials say was the work of a foreign government, would represent one of the more serious known attacks on t...

Anonymous Hacks Booz Allen Hamilton, Nabs Info on 90,000 U.S. Military

The loose hacking collective known as Anonymous resumed its campaign against the U.S. government and companies that do business with it on Monday, releasing a trove of documents from government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. The release of data, believed to be stolen from systems belonging to th...

AntiSec Crew Attacks FBI Contractor IRC Federal

Members of the loosely organized group conducting the AntiSec hacking campaign have compromised a company called IRC Federal, which does contracting for the FBI and other federal agencies, posting a large trove of information online in retaliation for what the group says is IRC Federal’s record o...

French Hacker Arrested After Bragging on TV !

A French hacker who boasted on TV about hacking into the network of an important defense contractor was arrested and charged with unauthorized access to a computer system, data theft and organized fraud. The hacker appeared on the France 2 television programme "Complément d'enquête" Further...

Thousands of Social Security Numbers Stolen in New York Data Breach

Thousands of Social Security numbers have been stolen from the computers of a New York state agency. The Social Security Administration in New York City reports that a subcontractor, who was working for the Office of Temporary Disability Assistance on computer infrastructure upgrades, illegally...

U.S. Faces Shortage of Computer Science Graduates Amid Rising Cybersecurity Needs

The United States could soon face a significant shortage of computer science professionals unless it starts graduating more students in this field. At a time when computer hacking and security are critical issues for both the government and the private sector, the U.S. is producing only 9,000...

Utah IT Contractor Gets 5-Year Sentence for Theft

Zeldon Morris, a Provo, Utah computer contractor, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing close to $2 million from four credit unions that he performed IT services for. Read the full article. Computerworld...