Back in March, I covered a breach involving Lone Star Business Solutions. Now KWCH reports that as a result of their news coverage and a resulting investigation by the Attorney General Derek Schmidt, LS Management, the management firm for Lone Star Steakhouse, will pay a fine of $200,000 – the largest consumer protection fine ever…
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UC Riverside Credit/Debit Card Security Breach May Have Affected 5,000; Fraudulent Charges Reported
The University of California – Riverside issued the following notice today: UC Riverside is reporting that campus cash registers at food services locations were compromised by a cyberhacker. Although the problem was discovered and repaired last week, hackers may have gained access to 5,000 individual card numbers. The campus community has been notified by email….
United Nations: usernames, passwords, and e-mail addresses leaked on the Internet (update2)
The hacker who self-identifies as “TriCk – TeaMp0isoN” has posted a statement on Pastebin about the United Nations with a leak of some of their data. The hack was announced on Twitter by @_TeaMp0isoN about 9 hours ago. A prefactory statement to the data dump says: A Senate for Global Corruption, the United Nations sits to…
NZ: Kaeo Primary School privacy breach ‘an error’
Joseph Aldridge reports: The principal of a small Northland school who posted private student information online says it was done “in error” and he removed it from the school website as soon as he was informed. Kaeo Primary School’s Paul Barker said he mistakenly posted a “teachers only” version of student achievement information on the…
UK: Council files dumped in Telford bin
Confidential council files, some containing sensitive personal data, have been found dumped in a bin in Telford. Telford & Wrekin Council said an immediate investigation was launched after the documents – 58 in total – were found by a member of the public. Officers were today contacting all the people whose data was included to…
Ca: Flin Flon Health Clinic Tightens Health Info Policy
Short and to the point from CJOB in Manitoba: A health clinic in Flin Flon has stepped up its policies on the destruction of personal health information. Someone contacted the Manitoba Ombudsman’s office after partially burned medical records containing personal health information were found blowing near a highway and gravel pit. The Ombudsman investigated and…