NBC CT reports: Nearly $1 million was stolen from CHET — Connecticut Higher Education Trust — accounts during a security breach and 21 account holders were affected, according to the Office of the State Treasurer. Connecticut State Treasurer Denise Nappier said that TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc., the CHET Direct program manager, alerted the state Treasury…
Month: June 2018
Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database With 340 Million Records
Andy Greenberg reports: You’ve probably never heard of the marketing and data aggregation firm Exactis. But it may well have heard of you. And now there’s also a good chance that whatever information the company may possess about you, it recently leaked onto the public internet, available to any hacker who simply knew where to look….
In Wake of Equifax Data Breach, Credit Reporting Agencies Made Subject to NY State Cybersecurity Regulations
Dan Clark reports: Credit reporting agencies will now be required to register with the state and comply with its cybersecurity regulations, the state Department of Financial Services announced Monday. The new rules are the state’s response to last year’s data breach at Equifax, a credit reporting agency, that exposed the personal information of 143 million people. If a…
Casino Rama Would Have to Disclose 2016 Data Breach Investigation Reports, Ontario Court Rules
This site has previously noted the hack and subsequent extortion demands affecting Casino Rama in Ontario, including the dump of some of their data when they did not pay the extortion demand. Now Daniel Thompson reports: An Ontario-based casino which has been facing a class-action lawsuit would have to hand over a computer forensics investigation…
Ticketmaster investigates potential data security breach
Jackie Fox reports: Ticketmaster Ireland has notified customers about a potential breach of security compromising their payment details. Anyone who bought a ticket from the site between February and June 2018 could be at risk. In an email to customers this evening, the ticketing website said malicious software was identified on a customer support product hosted by…
New Zealand’s Z Energy Flags Possible Data Breach in November
Ambar Warrick reports: New Zealand-based fuel supplier Z Energy Ltd on Wednesday said it has been presented with evidence that customer data from its Z Card Online database was accessed by a third party in November 2017. The database held customer data such as names, addresses, registration numbers, vehicle types and credit limits with the company,…