Andy Mehalshick reports: An investigation is underway into what’s being called a potential security breach at the Luzerne County 911 center. Someone posted sensitive information on a social media website. […] The Luzerne County communications center is in the process of upgrading its computer system, and sent a generic user name and password to some 235 agencies so…
Month: February 2015
Possible Breach at Luzerne County 911 Center
Andy Mehalshick reports: An investigation is underway into what’s being called a potential security breach at the Luzerne County 911 center. Someone posted sensitive information on a social media website. […] The Luzerne County communications center is in the process of upgrading its computer system, and sent a generic user name and password to some…
TalkTalk data breach leads to scam phone calls for customers
Graham Cluley writes: Hackers have stolen the personal details of thousands of TalKTalk customers, and – in some cases – used them to scam further information such as sensitive banking information. Yesterday, UK broadband and phone operator TalkTalk emailed customers to tell them that an investigation had uncovered that there had been a significant data…
TX: Hunt Regional Medical Partners Family Practice at Westlake notifies patients that records were stolen from warehouse
Hunt Regional Medical Partners Family Practice at Westlake is notifying patients that a warehouse storing patient records was vandalized January 16-17, 2015. According to a statement on their site, the intruders had access to an area that houses the records for Westlake Medical Center patients seen prior to 2010. These records may have included health information, address records and social security…
Wyndham: Third Circuit Requests Briefing on Whether FTC Declared Unreasonable Cybersecurity Practices Are ‘Unfair’
Katherine Gasztonyi writes: On February 20, the Third Circuit sent a letter to counsel in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., identifying at least one topic that will be addressed in the upcoming oral argument regarding the parties’ dispute over whether the FTC has the authority to regulate companies’ data security practices: whether unreasonable cybersecurity practices…
TX: Missouri City Woman Charged with Stealing More Than $1 Million from Former Employer
Michelle Robyn Freytag, 47, was arrested last week, following the return of a 20-count federal indictment alleging wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The indictment, returned Feb. 11, 2015, alleges Freytag was hired in April 2009 to be the executive assistant for a Houston businessman. Freytag was hired in April 2009, according to the indictment. As…