After a five week trial, four defendants have been convicted for their roles in one of the largest bank fraud and identity theft schemes in California history, with dozens of victims in four states and millions of dollars in losses. The convictions were announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s…
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CVS Caremark mailing error exposes prescription information
Robert Weisman reports in The Boston Globe: CVS Caremark Corp. said Friday that it mistakenly sent letters to about 3,500 Tufts Health Plan members, giving them personal information about the medical conditions and medications of other members enrolled in a supplemental Medicare plan managed by Tufts. The mistake was due to an unspecified “programming error,”…
Skeptical Science hacked, private user details publicly posted online
John Cook has posted a breach alert over on Skeptical Science. It seems that hackers got the entire users’ database and have dumped it on unnamed sites on the Internet. So far, I’m not finding those sites, so I’m not sure what all the data types are. If anyone has additional info on this breach,…
Commentary: ACC caught out in another privacy breach
It just goes from bad to worse at ACC (the Accident Compensation Corporation), it seems. I had previously noted reports of a serious breach involving thousands of individuals’ claims. Since the initial reports, more details have emerged that have made waves, but this newest report will have some just wanting to shut ACC down altogether….
Norwegian government portal compromises users’ personal information
Mikael Ricknäs reports: Norway’s Altinn portal had to be closed after users got access to data belonging to two people, and on Thursday the site remained down. The Altinn portal is used by Norwegians to access their tax returns, among other documents. The portal is also used by 455,000 companies, which can view VAT (value…
JP: Software sales firm warns of info breach on over 260,000 customers
From Mainichi Daily News earlier this week: A software sales company affiliated with Softbank Corp. said Thursday that personal information related to up to 261,161 customers may have been compromised from its database due to fraudulent access. Vector Inc. based in Tokyo said data that may have been stolen include names, addresses and credit card…