Dennis Pillion reports: The restaurant group behind the iconic McGuire’s Irish Pub locations in Pensacola and Destin announced that hackers gained access to their computer system for a period of 90 days, ending in December 2013. According to a report in the Pensacola News Journal, the McGuire Management Group does not know how many credit card…
Month: January 2014
SC: Data breach exposes Pee Dee Regional Transportation employee information
Gavin Jackson reports: An official with the Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority confirmed there was a data breach discovered late last week that exposed the personal information of about 50 current and former employees. Chuck MacNeil, executive director of the PDRTA, said letters were mailed Friday to those affected once the security breach was discovered…
Michaels Stores Sued After Reporting Possible Data Breach
Andrew Harris reports: Michaels Stores Inc. (MIK:US), the world’s largest arts-and-crafts retailer, was sued by a customer for failing to safeguard data after the company said some payment-card information may have been used fraudulently. The Irving, Texas-based company said Jan. 25 that it “recently learned of possible fraudulent activity on some U.S. payment cards that had…
ICO blog: NHS patient information and the Data Protection Act
Dawn Monaghan writes: The health sector always provides a wealth of data protection challenges, but without doubt the one currently at the forefront of most peoples’ minds are the changes to how patient information in England could be used by NHS bodies and others, with a view to improving care and health services. With personal…
TX: State mental hospitals faulted for patient privacy breaches
Andrea Ball reports: A Big Spring State Hospital employee was fired last week after officials say she walked out of the psychiatric facility with 50 patients’ protected health records. A folder containing 47 pages of personal health information — including names, diagnoses and treatments — was discovered in a public trash bin off campus. It…
YahooXtra email accounts compromised following security breach
ANI reports: Some of the user accounts of Telecom’s YahooXtra have been reportedly compromised, following a security breach, which is apparently affecting non-Telecom customers as well. Telecom said that Yahoo had acknowledged an email security breach that compromised some YahooXtra email accounts. According to a website, spokeswoman Lucy Fullarton said that Yahoo was investigating the…