Dan Greenwald reports: A south St. Louis resident was in alley picking up trash when he discovered a dumpster overflowing with documents containing personal information. […] All of the files were marked with Doran Reality, a company in south St. Louis County that Forbes did business with nearly 20 minutes (sic) ago. Read more on KMOV….
Month: March 2015
Ca: Cops called, but no charges in Service NL privacy breach
Rob Antle reports: Service NL Minister Dan Crummell won’t say whether an employee who inappropriately accessed the personal information of 28 people at the Motor Registration Division in Mount Pearl is now back on the job. “The only thing I can tell you is this — that person has been disciplined,” Crummell said. Read more…
Romanian National Extradited To New Jersey To Face Charges In Computer Hacking Scheme
A Romanian citizen made his initial court appearance today following his extradition to face charges that he orchestrated an international hacking scheme targeting retailers, security companies, medical offices and individuals in the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Mircea-Ilie Ispasoiu, 29, of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, is charged by federal indictment with two counts…
IE: Garda tells court Credit Union official showed his father his confidential financial statements
Tim Healy reports: A credit union allegedly showed a member’s father his confidential financial statements indicating the son’s loans were in trouble, the High Court heard. Garda Kevin Martin, a member of St Raphael’s Garda Credit Union, claims his data protection rights were breached when a representative of the credit union turned up at his father’s…
Twitch Security Breach Reported, Password Change Required
From Twitch From Twitch’s blog today: Important Notice About Your Twitch Account We are writing to let you know that there may have been unauthorized access to some Twitch user account information. For your protection, we have expired passwords and stream keys and have disconnected accounts from Twitter and YouTube. As a result, you will…
Ca: Thompson Rivers U. students and alumni notified that software bug exposed their info for 2.5 years
InfoNews.ca reports: The private information of students and alumni at the local university could have been compromised sometime within the last three years because of a software bug that affected the institution’s online portal. Students who used the online myTRU portal to access personal documents, including tuition payment options, received an email from Thompson Rivers…