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My ISP gave NBC my packet history, and they're abusing it.

2007-12-13 22:50:06 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
My parents got a notice from our ISP today, telling us to stop pirating content from NBC. I had downloaded less than 1% of "Shaun of the Dead" (less than an hour of leeching from 0 leechers/2 seeders) before stopping the torrent and deleting the file. I haven't pirated anything since then. Now, I can't use BitTorrent anymore, even for legal stuff
 
Tags: leechers2 seeders, legal stuff, bittorrent anymore, isp, nbc, hour, stop, file, torrent
 
 
 
 
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Heroes, the (Fall TV) Legacy

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2007-09-25 00:00:26 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...NBC Super Monday line-up (that is up against my wife's shows - Dancing with the Stars and the Bachelor - thank goodness for Media Center / DVRs). This is premiere week and here is my lineup Chuck - Monday 8pm / NBC - A Geek Squad, er Nerd Herd, manager teamed with a hot government agent to protect the nation. Woot Heroes - Monday 9pm / NBC...
 
Tags: heroes, heroes success, legacy, detective, undead detective mick, touch, nbc, time, touch sends
 
 
 
 
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Passport Fraud

2008-01-08 13:59:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...NBC News undercover investigation has found that the black market in fraudulent passports is thriving. On the streets of South America, NBC documented the sale of stolen and doctored passports, and travel papers prized by terrorists: genuine passports issued under false names. For a few thousand dollars, an undercover investigator was able to...
 
Tags: passports, fraudulent passports, genuine passports, venezuelan passports, investigator, corrupt government employees, undercover investigator, passport fraud worldwide, travel widely
 
 
 
 
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Illinois Eye Center warns patients of identity theft

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2008-04-04 12:40:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...NBC News Report Credit Tom McIntyre, WEEK NBC News Response From the online sources cited above Peoria's Illinois Eye Center has warned its clients that a former employee allegedly accessed confidential patient records A former Illinois Eye Center employee could have used confidential patient information for identity theft Evan] Employee...
 
Tags: eye center, center, illinois eye center, illinois, identity theft, confidential information, information, confidential patient information, occasional
 
 
 
 
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External hard drive stolen from Georgetown University

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2008-01-29 15:54:12 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...NBC Channel 4 News story ABC Channel 7 News story Report Credit Georgetown University Response From the online sources cited above Georgetown University today began notifying approximately 38,000 current and former students, faculty and staff that a recent computer theft may have exposed their personally identifiable information such as...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, georgetown, georgetown university, hard drive, information, georgetown alumni, personal data, data
 
 
 
 
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Late thoughts from CES - data leakage via gumdrops

2008-01-22 13:49:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...NBC giving away 2GB flash drives at its booth in return for a badge swipe I remember when flash drives first came out: 8 or 16MB cost more than $100, and people gladly paid it. The price point has hockey-sticked downward, and with it, demand for more and more storage that fits in your pocket has skyrocketed. To me, however, theres a more...
 
Tags: 2gb flash, 2gb flash drive, flash, gain access, access, files, bad guys, access control, guys
 
 
 
 
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700,000 records on stolen CCB server

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2008-04-22 14:57:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...NBC Channel 13 Eyewitness News Report Credit Central Collection Bureau Response From the online sources cited above SECURITY BREACH NOTIFICATION ALERT CENTRAL COLLECTION BUREAU Dated April 18, 2008 Indiana residents are hereby alerted to a security breach at Central Collection Bureau (CCB, located at 7510 South Madison Avenue,...
 
Tags: dds, gary taylor dds, gary hunt dds, lawrence falender dds, joseph meek dds, caryn guba dds, mark ellis dds, sarah akard dds, ccb
 
 
 
 
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SCSU web server becomes spam server and exposes personal information

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2008-05-02 11:12:47 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...NBC Channel 30 News Chronicle of Higher Education Report Credit Southern Connecticut State University Response From the online sources cited above From the University's Alert Page During a recent security review of the Southern Connecticut State University Web server, it was discovered that certain identifying information pertaining to...
 
Tags: personal information, information, evan personal information, web server, personal information storage, university, university system, personal, university immediately
 
 
 
 
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Card skimming at Lunardi's Supermarket

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2008-05-06 12:25:33 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...NBC 10 News report From the UK, "The Real Hustle - ATM Scam Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: credit card reader, credit, credit card accounts, credit card, debit cards, cards, card, credit card encoder, bank debit cards
 
 
 
 
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Two students access confidential Dominican University files

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2008-05-14 22:40:18 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...NBC Channel 5 News RiverForest-Leaves Dominican University Report Credit Dominican University Response From the online sources cited above Dominican University takes information security very seriously. In April, we discovered that two student workers had accessed Excel files containing limited student data by misusing passwords related to...
 
Tags: university, dominican university, dominican university students, dominican, students, files, security, security processes, access