IEEE, the world's leading society for technical professionals, has warned
some 800 members that their credit card and personal information may have
been stolen. The FBI has been notified of the breach.
The group disclosed the November, 2010 breach in a letter to the New
Hampshire Attorney General, dated February 24, in keeping with that
state's data privacy law. While the source and purpose of the security
breach aren't known, IEEE's membership of technical professionals raises
concerns about whether group members might be the targets of sophisticated
phishing and social engineering attacks using stolen data.
IEEE did not immediately respond to e-mail and telephone requests for
comment.
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