Debra O’Connor reports: State computer experts found no evidence of criminal activity when private student data was exposed on the website of a student loan program, according to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. “We did the big deep-dive security analysis and discovered, of all the log-ins to that site, there were only three that…
Month: September 2014
Lost Pizza Co in North Mississippi exposed to data hack
Ed Arnold reports that two Lost Pizza Company locations were also impacted by the Signature Systems breach that affected Jimmy John’s: The data hack that exposed the customers of more than 216 Jimmy John’s locations has also netted two Lost Pizza Company locations, both in North Mississippi. Credit card authorization and point-of-sale technology company Signature Systems, Inc. recently revealed that…
Flowers Hospital data breach suit: Plaintiffs to amend complaint
Patrick Ouellette writes: A former Flowers Hospital lab technician was indicted in early September on charges that he stole eight patients’ protected health information (PHI) as part of an alleged tax fraud scheme from June 2013 to February 2014. As a result of the breach, five affected patients filed a punitive class-action lawsuit in federal court, referencing a violation…
Security Breach Puts Altegrity’s Integrity And Liquidity On The Line
Kate Marino reports: Hackers have claimed some high-profile corporate victims over the last year, with household names like Target and Home Depot typically reaping the lion’s share of media attention. Cyber attacks represent a growing threat to the business world, and their fallout could cost the global economy as much as $3 trillion by 2020, according to a McKinsey & Co….
UK: Ardrossan cop breaches Data Protection Act but avoids prosecution
The Ardrossan Herald reports: A local police officer has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after a dispute between neighbours, it emerged this week. But John Gribben, of Ardrossan, will not be prosecuted in court after it was found he had unlawfully accessed information using police computer systems. The 44-year-old…
JM: Computer technician in billion-dollar tax theft returns to court today
The Jamaica Observer reports: Christopher Moore, the former Tax Administration Jamaica employee, who reportedly caused the Government to lose in excess of $1 billion in tax revenues, will again appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court today. Allegations are that, between October and December 2013, Moore gained access to the main taxing system for…