Brian Krebs reports: The apparent credit and debit card breach uncovered last week at Home Depot was aided in part by a new variant of the same malicious software program that stole card account data from cash registers at Target last December, according to sources close to the investigation. […] A source close to the…
Month: September 2014
Earthquake data privacy breach ‘avoidable’
Charles Anderson reports: A review of the Earthquake Commission’s handling of the privacy breach that revealed the details of all Canterbury claimants found the error could have been avoided. The breach might not have happened if EQC had learned lessons from a similar breach at another government agency, the review said. In early 2013, 83,000…
AU: Department of Defense fined $5000 for privacy breach
Paris Cowan reports: Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has ordered the Department of Defence to apologise to a former employee as well as compensating him to the tune of $5000 after its human resources department passed on medical records against his wishes. Pilgrim handed down the findings today, in the aftermath of a compensation claim mix-up…
Target, arguing it’s not liable, files for dismissal of data breach suit
Tom Webb reports: Target is asking a federal judge in St. Paul to dismiss a multibillion-dollar complaint filed by groups of banks stemming from last year’s massive data breach. The banks claim Target was negligent in its handling of shoppers’ credit and debit card information, which allowed hackers to steal sensitive information about some 100…
A file in the wrong place led to discovery of CSU-East Bay’s breach
Karina Ioffee provides additional details on the CSU – East Bay breach reported yesterday: The intrusion on August 23, 2013 by an unknown person using malicious software was discovered August 11 during a routine security check by the university’s technology department, said Jeff Bliss, a university spokesman. Bliss said university IT workers found that there…
Don’t value stolen computer only by its cover
There was an editorial in the Sun Sentinel on September 2 that caught my eye. It discussed the implications of a recent appellate court ruling: In a decision sure to confound the prosecution of thieves, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled last week in favor of a burglar. That a crime occurred wasn’t the…