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Mint Mobile data breach allows hackers to port phone numbers: Report

July 11, 2021/in Computer Security

San Francisco, July 11 : US-based telecommunication company Mint Mobile has revealed the company became a victim of a data breach that allowed several phone numbers to be ported out to another carrier, along with possible access to subscriber data.

An email sent on Saturday to affected customers by Mint Mobile disclosed there was a breach of the carrier’s systems.

The breach, which occurred between June 8 and June 10, reveals a “very small number of Mint Mobile subscribers’ phone numbers were affected by the incident”, reports AppleInsider.

According to Mint Mobile, which sells mobile phone services and operates as an MVNO on T-Mobile’s cellular network, phone numbers associated with the accounts were “temporarily ported to another carrier without permission”, a media report said.

The company also admits the attacker may have gained access to some account information, including names, numbers, email addresses, passwords and account numbers.

The attack on the carrier is the latest to demonstrate the need for high security for customer-facing support systems.

In late June, Microsoft confirmed that the hacking group thought to be behind the SolarWinds breaches used a compromised customer service agent’s computer to steal information, and data later used to attack Microsoft’s customers. (IANS)

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Port Chester School Board Removes President Corbia for Racist Facebook Posts and for Lying About Being Hacked

April 18, 2021/in Computer Security

**Former Port Chester School Board President Tom Corbia**

Will He Now Be Removed from County Job?

By Dan Murphy

The Port Chester School Board, after months of pressure from the community at large, voted 3-1 at a special meeting on April 14 to remove President Tom Corbia from his position of leadership and power. Corbia, who has served for 10 years on the PC School Board, had defied the Superintendent, Mayor of Port Chester, and other officials and leaders in Village by not explaining racist, bigoted and insensitive Facebook posts attributed to his account, nor complying with his own vow to prove that his social media account had been hacked.

The post in question, on September 16, 2020, appeared on Facebook. “I’m selling my white privilege card. It’s just over 77 years old and it hasn’t done a damn thing for me. No inheritance, no free college, no free food, no free housing, etc. I may even be willing to do an even trade for a race card. Those seem way more useful and more widely accepted. Interested? Contact me on my non-obama (sic) cell phone that I have to pay for every month. Serious inquiries only.”

Underneath this post came a response from the Facebook account of Tom Corbia which read, “You are the f******* best and whoever doesn’t like that post, well they know what they can do.”

The special meeting to remove Corbia took less than 10 minutes, with BOE Trustees Chrissie Onofrio, Luigi Russo and Christopher Wolff voted yes to remove, while BOE Vice President Anne Capeci voted no.

Capeci briefly commented, explaining her vote by saying, “I don’t disagree with everything in the findings, but it certainly doesn’t warrant removal from this board. When you compare Mr. Corbia’s past record in the district as a teacher, as coach, as a community activist and member working with children, I cannot vote for this resolution”

There was no other comment by Board members regarding Corbia’s removal, only a statement from the Board attorneys. “This was a difficult process for the Board of Education and the Port Chester community. The board appreciates your patience. We understand that not everyone in the community will…

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Hackers Demand $200K from Washington Port to Unlock Data

November 22, 2020/in Computer Security

(TNS) — Hackers are demanding a $200,000 ransom after placing an encryption lock on the Port of Kennewick’s computer servers and files, the port said Tuesday.

Under the direction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and advice from technology professionals, the port will not be paying the ransom.

There is no guarantee that hackers would deliver an encryption key to restore access if the port were to pay, it said.

Instead, it is working with the FBI and restoring the functioning of the port’s technology system, including rebuilding digital files from offline backups and bringing back access to the port’s email server, which is currently offline.

The port’s technology contractor does not believe that individual data has been compromised.

The goal of the attack appears to be to lock the servers to persuade the port to pay a ransom rather than accessing the information on the servers, according to the port.

The cyber attack was sophisticated, using “military-grade encryption,” according to the port. Neither the FBI or the Washington state Office of Cyber Security know of a decoder for it.

The port’s information technology contractor expected to work through the night Tuesday to restore email functioning by Wednesday. Re-establishing off-line data will take longer — likely a matter of days — in part because the contractor has been providing information requested by the FBI.

Along with restoration of the computer data, additional security and protection will be added to the port’s system.

The cost of recovering from the cyber attack will depend on the time needed for the contractor to repair damage.

Tana Bader Inglima , the port’s deputy chief executive, said the port has made regular upgrades to the port’s servers and its security and anti-virus software through its information technology contractor and…

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Hackers demand $200K ransom to unlock computer data at Wash. port

November 19, 2020/in Computer Security

Hackers are demanding a $200,000 ransom after placing an encryption lock on the Port of Kennewick’s computer servers and files, the port said Tuesday.

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Nov. 18—Hackers are demanding a $200,000 ransom after placing an encryption lock on the Port of Kennewick’s computer servers and files, the port said Tuesday.