Hacker gets customer information from Foothills rec district
Rocky Mountain News
Published October 1, 2008 at 2:41 p.m.
Updated October 1, 2008 at 2:41 p.m.
The Foothills Park & Recreation District is working with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office to investigate the theft of information from the district's computer network by a hacker that could be used for identity theft.
The information includes credit card information for individuals who have registered for classes either online at www.ifoothills.org or at one of Foothills Park & Recreation District's facilities.
Foothills executive direcotr Ronald Hopp said additional security measures are being put in place and on-line registration won't be available until that is accomplished.
"It is very disturbing that despite the security measures that were in effect, a rogue hacker was still successful in obtaining this information," Hopp said.
Individuals whose information may have been accessed will be notified by the district directly, he said. Customers may also want to notify credit reporting agencies to put a fraud alert on their files.
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October 1, 2008
7:48 p.m.
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jr12 writes:
direcotr?
October 1, 2008
8:15 p.m.
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ssqured writes:
Literary license.
October 1, 2008
8:22 p.m.
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windskull writes:
Bet anything it was Bush`s NSA crapola, when they sift a system they do not remove thier keyloggers,bots or trojans regardless of never using them again which leaves your system wide open regardless of how much security software you deploy, Congress vehemently left in place criminal liability for such acts in spite of "immunity" granted service providers!
October 2, 2008
midnight
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happymike44 writes:
Lock these guys up for a long time.
At least till they are so old they can't use the keyboard to harm everyone else.