C’mon, Florida law firms: get your data protection/records disposal act together, will you? This is the second report of improper data disposal this week. The first was in Orlando.
Month: June 2015
Virginia Credit Union reissuing cards after skimming breach
Britni McDonald reports: Virginia Credit Union says more than 2,000 cardholders had their information breached and money stolen. The credit union says this is a case of ATM skimming, where fraudsters place a device on ATMs that allows them to gather data and duplicate cards. Three branches of the credit union are affected, including Glenside…
Ca: Ontario Securities Commission lays criminal charges in patient records privacy breach at two Toronto hospitals
Diana Mehta reports: Criminal charges have been laid after thousands of confidential records were allegedly stolen from two Toronto hospitals and used to market registered education savings plans to new mothers. The alleged incidents involved the Rouge Valley Health System and the Scarborough Hospital and were investigated by Ontario’s financial regulator, which oversees the sale…
AU: Catch of the Day: off the hook
Richard Chirgwin reports: Retail coupon operator Catch-of-the-Day has escaped penalty over sitting on a data breach for three years. The 2011 data breach was notified to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) in 2014. Catch of the Day put the delay down to deciding that the hashed passwords in the compromised systems “might” be…
Home Depot asks court to dismiss consumers’ data breach lawsuit
David Allison reports: The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) on Monday asked a federal court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by consumers claiming they were hurt by the company’s massive data breach. “All of the claims alleged in the complaint suffer from the same fatal defect found in the vast majority of other breach cases…
NM: Dona Ana County Clerk employees involved in fraudulent tax return check-cashing scheme
Patrick Hayes and Jesse Martinez report: Seven people were arrested, including employees at the county clerk’s office, in connection with an identity-theft scheme, authorities said. An arrest warrant was executed in Anthony, New Mexico, Friday that resulted in the arrest of four people at a residence. Evidence found in those arrests resulted in three county…