More details have emerged about a breach noted previously on this site. WFTV reports that the records were stolen from an Orange County Health Department employee’s car, but whether the employee had followed policy is somewhat unclear. Jeff Deal of the news station reports that county officials told him that the employee was allowed to have the…
Month: May 2015
Hack of RE/MAX Twin City Realty agent’s gmail account costs young home buyer $10K – and they refuse to make it right
Sean O’Shea reports that when a realtor’s gmail account was hacked, it cost a home purchaser $10,000 – $10,000 that the agent and her realty firm won’t compensate. The young home buyer, Kaitlyn DiMarco, says that after she purchased a home, she received an email – purportedly from her realtor – telling her that it would cost $10,000…
Yahoo sues ex-employee over book on Marissa Mayer
Matt O’Brien reports: Yahoo has sued a former employee for allegedly feeding confidential information to a journalist who wrote a book about CEO Marissa Mayer published earlier this year. “Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!” by Business Insider journalist Nicholas Carlson relied heavily on anonymous sources to recount Mayer’s first two years running…
Former assistant band director indicted for filing fraudulent tax returns using Broward students’ personal information
A Florida man who was a former assistant band director at a high school in Plantation, Florida was charged for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving former Broward County students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Delvis Demaine Rogers, 27, was charged by indictment with one count of using one or more unauthorized…
Target-MasterCard settlement moves ahead despite US judge’s doubts
Joseph Ax and Nathan Layne report: A federal judge has rejected a bid from a group of banks and credit unions suing Target Corp over its 2013 data breach to block the company’s proposed $19 million settlement with MasterCard Inc . U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson in St. Paul, Minnesota, wrote in a ruling Thursday that…
Singapore: New Advisory Guidelines and Resources Available
The Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore has issued new advisory guidelines and resources, particularly for SMEs. Some of them pertain to protecting electronic personal data and managing data breaches. You can access the guidelines on their site, but here are direct links to a few of them that may be of interest: Is Personal Data Safe With…