Breaches involving point of sale (POS) systems in retail stores and the hospitality sector are all-too-common, and Aloha POS has been mentioned on this blog in some past breaches. Now Jeremy Kirk reports: Matt Oh, a senior malware researcher with HP, recently bought a single Aloha point-of-sale terminal — a brand of computerized cash register…
Month: July 2014
Ex-Wheaton worker gets 7 years in identity theft case
Sarah Maslin reports: Janice M. Nieman stole the identities of more people than could fit in Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Glenn Yamahiro’s courtroom on Friday. The total: 848, the largest number of victims in a single defendant case in Milwaukee County history. For embezzling more than $1 million from Wheaton Franciscan Services, a not-for-profit health…
AU: University of Newcastle apologizes to students for privacy breach
From ABC in Australia: The University of Newcastle has apologised to several thousand students after personal information was posted online. The University says the student administration information inadvertently became available in an ‘online test environment’, but access was quickly closed down when it was notified about the incident two weeks ago. […] “So we’ve written…
Mark your calendars: House Oversight hearing on FTC Section 5 Authority
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be holding a hearing next Thursday morning, July 24: The Federal Trade commission and Its Section 5 Authority: Prosecutor, Judge, and Jury No details are available yet as to who the witnesses will be, so check back next week. Those interested in the topic may wish…
Mark your calendars: House Oversight hearing on FTC Section 5 Authority
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be holding a hearing next Thursday morning, July 24: The Federal Trade commission and Its Section 5 Authority: Prosecutor, Judge, and Jury No details are available yet as to who the witnesses will be, so check back next week. Those interested in the topic may wish…
Billing information of guests at Radisson Hotel Fisherman’s Wharf accidentally sent to a hotel guest
So it seems an employee of Radisson Hotel Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco accidentally sent an email to a hotel guest that had an attached spreadsheet with some guests’ billing information that included their company names, credit card numbers and expiration dates, mailing and email addresses, and telephone numbers. The recipient contacted the hotel the same day (June 10)…