E. B. Solomont reports: Schnuck Markets Inc. did not violate Missouri law regarding data security, an investigation into a widespread data breach at Schnucks by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster’s office has concluded. The St. Louis-based grocery chain “was itself a victim of criminal wrongdoing,”Nanci Gonder, press secretary for the attorney general, told the Business Journal. “After reviewing…
Month: July 2013
Florida man sentenced in tax refund fraud case that used Tallahassee Community College students info
In an update to a breach involving student information at Tallahassee Community College, Charlton Escarmant, who was convicted in March, has been sentenced to 94 months in prison to be followed by 3 year of supervised release. A restitution hearing is scheduled for August 26, 2013. All of the press releases on this case mention that…
Health-related web searches could be tracked, researchers warn
A research letter in JAMA is getting some attention in the news: New research has raised alarm about threats to privacy posed by patients searching for health-related information on the internet. Marco Huesch, a researcher at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, searched for “depression,” “herpes” and “cancer” on various health-related websites and observed…
California Dept. of Consumer Affairs has a breach, but doesn’t notify those affected for 6 months?
Ouch. The California Department of Consumer Affairs – Bureau of Automotive Repair (“BAR”) learned that a service provider had a network intrusion breach that gave someone access to bank account numbers and bank routing numbers belonging to the Smog Check stations licensed by the BAR. The breach reportedly occurred between May 2012 and March 2013,…
Former Iberdrola employee charged in April breach
So it looks like the Iberdrola breach, reported in April, was a disgruntled employee situation after all. Steve Orr reports: In mid-April, an RG&E corporate parent announced that a computer intruder had compromised the privacy of job applicants’ personal data. Coming a year after another computer-privacy foul up involving Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., the…
Texas amends the effects of its data breach law on out-of-state residents
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of Jackson Lewis LLP writes: On June 14, 2013, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed S.B. 1610 amending Texas’ data breach notification law to remove language limiting the application of the data breach notification requirement to Texas residents and residents of states that do not require notification, permit, for residents of states other than Texas that require notification of a breach, notice to be…