Lyle Adriano reports that some of P.F. Chang’s breach-related costs are not covered by its insurance: A federal court ruled that Chubb Ltd. does not have to reimburse P.F. Chang’s for costs the restaurant chain charged by its credit card processor under its cyber policy. […] The Federal Court ultimately concluded that on several counts…
Month: June 2016
NM: UNM Hospital notifying patients of data breach
KRQE reports a breach involving patients data from University of New Mexico Hospital: UNM Hospital is notifying more than 2,800 patients of a data breach. They say that limited medical information may have been mailed to a wrong address due to a technical issue with the hospital’s billing systems. Information like the names of patients, their…
The huge Dropbox password leak that wasn’t
Graham Cluley reports: …as Brian Krebs reports, recent claims from identity theft protection firms that Dropbox has suffered a massive password breach appear to be erroneous. Troy Hunt – who knows a thing or two about verifying and responsibly disclosing data breaches – also chimed in, decrying that some had jumped to the conclusion that a serious…
FL: Oviedo business accused of placing former employees at risk of identity theft
A local business that’s closing shop might have placed its recently laid off employees at risk for identity theft, Channel 9 learned. Dozens of employees were laid off from Sun Road, an underground utility company, a few weeks ago and their private information was just tossed into a dumpster. Owner Alfredo Bacci is accused of…
Fed records show dozens of cybersecurity breaches
Jason Lange and Dustin Volz reports: The U.S. Federal Reserve detected more than 50 cyber breaches between 2011 and 2015, with several incidents described internally as “espionage,” according to Fed records. The central bank’s staff suspected hackers or spies in many of the incidents, the records show. The Fed’s computer systems play a critical role…
Redskins notes: Laptop with medical data stolen from trainer
Michael Phillips reports: The Redskins announced Wednesday that a laptop was stolen from a team trainer that may have contained medical information about current and former NFL players. The NFL Players Association sent an e-mail to its members saying it had been advised the laptop “had copies of the medical exam results for NFL Combine…