Brian Burnes reports the sentencing of the owner of Edge Auto Sales, who misused his customers’ information. A former Kansas City-area used car dealer behind one of the largest identify theft cases ever prosecuted in a Missouri court was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Terry Lee Morrow Jr. used his customers’ names, birth…
Month: July 2014
Four months later, Archdiocese of Portland breach still unclear
Remember the tax refund fraud that affected a number of people employed by or volunteers with the Archdiocese of Portland? The breach was disclosed in March, but as of July 28, the Archdiocese still doesn’t know how the breach occurred and whether it involved their system or an external system. From a letter signed by…
Resource: Videos from 2014 Health Privacy Summit available online
If you missed the 2014 Health Privacy Summit, you can view videos from the conference on Patient Privacy Rights’ site.
Chinese cyberattack infiltrated system holding personal data
Well, I wasn’t going to post anything about this hack because it didn’t seem any personal information was involved, but now it seems that there was personal info involved, so…. Andrea Janus reports: A highly sophisticated cyberattack against Canada’s National Research Council infiltrated a system that contained personal information, the privacy commissioner’s office said Thursday….
Sandwich Chain Jimmy John’s Investigating Breach Claims
Brian Krebs reports: Sources at a growing number of financial institutions in the United States say they are tracking a pattern of fraud that indicates nationwide sandwich chain Jimmy John’s may be the latest retailer dealing with a breach involving customer credit card data. The company says it is working with authorities on an investigation….
Data breach at University of West Florida
The University of West Florida announced Thursday morning that passwords and usernames for about 160 people may have been compromised in an data breach of the university’s main campus networks, a news release from UWF said. University officials believe that some individuals attacked the network to intercept UWF ArgoNet usernames and passwords for approximately 90…