KTVA reports: More than 1,000 people were identified as potentially having personal information “compromised” after an employee with the Division of Statewide Services removed several documents from the office, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said the Alaska Bureau of Investigation’s Financial Crimes Unit began investigating thefts at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) building, in…
Month: February 2017
Family Medicine East, Chartered in Wichita notifies patients of stolen computer
KWCH reports: A Wichita medical clinic says a computer containing patient information was stolen in December. Family Medicine East, Chartered, 1709 S. Rock Road, sent a letter to patients on Friday. The clinic says someone broke into the office on Dec. 8 and stole the desktop computer and a printer. Read more on KWCH. FME has…
Vulnerability put 1.87 million Michigan employees at risk
Catherine Shaffer reports: As many as 1.87 million Michigan workers may have had their personal information exposed through a newly discovered security vulnerability in the computer system used by the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency. The information release affects workers whose paychecks are processed by a third-party payroll vendor. A software update installed in October 2016…
InterContinental reports payment card breach at 12 U.S. hotels
Reuters reports that Intercontinental Hotels has now confirmed a breach that was first reported by Brian Krebs in December: InterContinental Hotels Group Plc said on Friday that a malware in the servers at 12 of its hotels in the United States tracked payment card data if the card was used at the hotels’ restaurants and…
Hackers break into Polish banks through government regulator charged with bank security standards
Patrick O’Neill reports: Polish banks have spent the last week searching for hackers who broke into several of the country’s financial institutions in an incident that looks to be three months old, according to Polish media. The malware infection appears to have come through — of all things — compromised servers at the Polish financial regulator KNF, which…
UK: Hundreds of confidential email addresses were shared with landlords operating in Cardiff
Seriously? Still? Cardiff council says it will investigate after hundreds of confidential email addresses were published. Landlords who are on the mailing list for Rent Smart Wales received an email on Thursday from a Cardiff council email address. In that email, the email addresses of all recipients were visible. Read more on WalesOnline.