“We've kept this data
online since 1997. The Security fix was quick and easy, but we
couldn't be bothered until the data was stolen.”
KAKE reports:
The
City of Wichita says it’s [sic] website was hacked over the
weekend, compromising the personal information of 29,000 vendors and
employees.
In
a news release, city officials say hackers may have gained access to
Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers and banking
information of vendors and employees who were reimbursed by the city
for expenses.
The
data compromised dates back to 1997. The city says the security
issue has been fixed and they are in the process of notifying those
who may be affected.
Read more on KAKE.com.
There does not seem to be any copy of the news release on the city’s
site at the time of this posting.
CyberWarNews reports
that it was the vendors
subdomain which was defaced and the source of the leaked data.
Misleadingly, that web page now states:
Thank you
for visiting this City of Wichita web site. The site
is unavailable for a scheduled maintenance outage.
We appreciate your patience.
is unavailable for a scheduled maintenance outage.
We appreciate your patience.
CyberWarNews also
provides a description
of the leaked databases and reports:
The
leak was announced a few hours ago by @AgentCorporatio who appears to
be either a member or ex member of the well known Turkish Ajan hacker
group but is going by the name Agent Hacker Group.
Something to consider
when measuring risk...
Law360 reports that a
California Judge ruled Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. cannot dodge
coverage for two class actions seeking $20 million over a 2011
Stanford Hospital and Clinics breach. Subscription
required to read their
coverage. Previous coverage of the breach on this site can be
found here
and here.
For all my students!!!
Watch
Out! All Public Facebook Posts Are Now Fully Searchable
In what is probably
causing employers and divorce lawyers to high-five one another and
celebrate with copious amounts of booze, Facebook have now announced
that all public posts will now be fully searchable, using their cool
new Graph
Search Engine.
That means that any of
your drunken escapades where Facebook has public proof that you woke
up hung over and dressed as a chicken the next morning are now going
to be seen by every Human Resources department and law court in the
country. Congratulations. Would you like fries with that?
Throw in Facebook’s
decision to copy Twitter and include
hashtags in their search engine searches, and this means that
Facebook is suddenly a very rich data mine for anyone
looking for information on someone who makes their Facebook posts
public. If this describes you to a tee, then it means
that you need to make all potentially embarrassing posts “private”
immediately.
Stay anonymous by
signing up?
Disconnect
Search Lets Users Search Privately on Google, Bing, and Yahoo
News
release: “Disconnect, a leading developer of popular consumer
privacy and security software, today launched its newest service:
Disconnect Search (https://www.disconnect.me/search).
Developed by an ex-NSA engineer and three ex-Google engineers
over the last year, Disconnect Search allows users to easily keep
searches private without having to change their behavior. Unlike
other private search solutions, Disconnect Search was designed so
people can continue to use the web’s most popular search engines.
Disconnect’s patent-pending technology also enables users to
conduct private searches seamlessly through their browser’s omnibox
or address bar… Disconnect Search protects users’ privacy in
four ways: (1) search queries are routed through Disconnect’s
servers, which makes the queries look like they’re coming from
Disconnect instead of a specific user’s computer; (2) search
engines are prevented from passing keywords to the sites that are
visited from search results pages; (3) all queries are encrypted,
which prevents ISPs from seeing them; and (4) Disconnect doesn’t
log any keywords, personal information, or IP addresses.”
Logical as devices
continue to converge.
– is an app that uses
the new IR features of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and other Samsung
products. By putting the power buttons of the most common TV brands
onto one screen, you can now trick your friends or family by turning
OFF/ON multiple TVs at once. This app is for the Samsung Galaxy S4.
Ethics of nullum
crimen sine lege Should humans be held to 'smart car'
standards?
The
Ethics of Autonomous Cars
If a small tree branch
pokes out onto a highway and there’s no incoming traffic, we’d
simply drift a little into the opposite lane and drive around it.
But an automated car might come to a full stop, as it dutifully
observes traffic laws that prohibit crossing a double-yellow line.
This unexpected move would avoid bumping the object in front, but
then cause a crash with the human drivers behind it.
Should we trust
robotic
cars to share our road, just because they are programmed to obey
the law and avoid crashes?
For my students, but it
will take a while to review...
Create
and Locate Standards-Aligned Video Playlists on OpenEd
OpenEd
is a new site that claims to be the world's largest
educational resource catalog. On OpenEd you can search
for videos, games, and other educational materials. Your searches
can be conducted according to content area, grade level, Common Core
standard, or a combination of those factors. You can also search
according to keyword although when I tried the keyword search option
it didn't work well.
As a registered OpenEd
user (registration is free and takes less than thirty seconds to
complete) you can create courses and playlists of videos and other
materials that you find in the OpenEd directory. You can align your
courses and playlists to standards. If you choose to align your
course to a standard, OpenEd will suggest materials to you.
The biggest benefit of
OpenEd
seems to be found in the search tools. Rather than searching and
hoping to find a video on YouTube that matches the standard(s) you're
addressing in a lesson, you can start with the standard and have
OpenEd locate videos for you.
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