Adam Studzinski reports that a data breach at Illinois State University caused the payroll of 13 university employees to be misdirected. But from the coverage, it doesn’t sound like their payments were misdirected to other employees, but rather, to criminals. The university is investigating how the breach occurred. Groves added it appears at least five other universities…
Month: March 2016
Stolen contractor laptop had special-education student data for Montgomery County students
Donna St. George reports: A contractor working with the Montgomery County school system has informed the parents of about 340 special-education students that the children’s private data was on a computer stolen during a break-in. WestEd, a nonprofit research organization, acquired the student data from Montgomery County school officials as it conducted a review of…
UK: Norwich & Peterborough tighten security after criminals target ATMs in the city
It sounds like a lot of customers had their accounts robbed by skimmers placed on Norwich & Peteborough Building Society ATMs. Of note, it seems that if this thing happens on the weekend and you call their helpline, they can’t do anything useful like freeze or cancel your account? That’s bad for consumers, good for criminals. Read…
SG: No other user data compromised after app glitch, Singtel clarifies
Clifford Lee reports A technical glitch led to the personal details, including the residential address, of a single Singtel customer to be revealed to other customers when they logged-in to their My Singtel mobile application on Monday night (Feb 29), sparking fears that more data had been compromised. Read more on Today.
Update on Camden County Courthouse Security Incident
There’s an update to an incident noted previously on this site involving the Camden County Courthouse in Missouri. RiskBased Security recaps what happened: Unknown persons compromised a courthouse computer hard drive containing e-mails belonging to county officials. Apparently the emails in question were the subject of an information request under Missouri’s Sunshine Law, intended to promote…