Brian Krebs reports: In response to questions from KrebsOnSecurity, upscale hotel chain Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group today confirmed that its hotels have been affected by a credit card breach. Reached for comment about reports from financial industry sources about a pattern of fraudulent charges on customer cards that had all recently been used at Mandarin hotels, the…
Month: March 2015
AL: Former Dothan police officer arrested
I read a news report earlier today saying a Dothan Police officer had resigned after being charged with identity theft and credit card fraud, and I wondered if he had misused police databases or if the identity theft occurred outside of his work. It turns out that the identity theft allegedly occurred while he served…
UK: ICO prosecutes Transport for London employee for snooping
From the ICO’s enforcement listings: A former support clerk working for Transport for London has been prosecuted at Westminster Magistrates Court for unlawfully accessing the oyster card records of five individuals who were family members and neighbours. Bernard Fernandes was fined £240, ordered to pay a victims surcharge of £20 and £618 prosecution costs. via…
Breaking up is hard to do: Law firms clash over laptops taken by departing lawyers
Debra Cassens Weiss reports: A battle over laptops taken by lawyers to a new law firm failed to reach a settlement last week during a three-hour session before a magistrate judge. The suit by Pennsylvania insurance boutique Nelson Brown Hamilton & Krekstein initially sought the return of laptops taken by 14 departing lawyers to Lewis,…
UK: Data loss at Portland school sparks inquiries
The Dorset Echo reports: An investigation is underway after a confidential school document wasn’t properly disposed off at a prison. The Young Offender Institution (YOI) on Portland had been providing the Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA) with a confidential waste disposal service. A letter was sent to parents of pupils last week informing them that a document hadn’t been…
CT: Probation for Coast Guard Tech Who Stole Explicit Photos
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Ari Mason reports: A former Coast Guard computer technician has been sentenced to three years of probation for stealing personal information, including account names, passwords and sexually explicit photos and videos, from hundreds of computers brought to him for repair. Larry Mathews, 34, of Pawcatuck,…