Coloradoan.com reports: Loveland police said some of the 1,180 recent credit and debit card fraud reports can be traced to a breach at the Loveland Metrolux 14 Theatres. The investigation into the reports, which surged last month, identified common locations where the cards were legally used before the fraudulent transactions, according to a police news…
Author: Dissent
NJ: Warren County Community College Alerts Students Whose Social Security Numbers Were on Missing Laptop
On Tuesday, September 27, 2011, the College was notified that a password protected employee laptop that had been taken off campus the previous evening was missing. Believing that the computer could have been stolen, the employee contacted their local police department to investigate a possible theft. In addition, the College notified the NJ State Police…
El Paso County Community College hacked, defaced and data dumped
Over on Cyber War News (a blog I wish I’d known about sooner!), Lee J writes: El Paso County Community College has been targeted due to pure lack of security, @DestructiveSec has been busy away in the servers taking what they wish snooping around and leaving a mess for them to clean up as well as a defaced…
NC: High Point hospital system uncovers insider breach involving patient information
The following is a substitute notice from High Point Regional Health System published in the News & Record: High Point Regional Health System officials said they uncovered a breach involving protected patient information. Hospital representatives became aware early last month of “the possibility of improper use” of confidential information by a former employee of Premier Imaging…
Only 56 breach notifications in a year suggests “voluntary” doesn’t work well
Voluntary breach reporting doesn’t seem to be working too well in Australia. Michael Lee of ZDNet in Australia, reporting on a new annual report by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, notes: The OAIC also received, separately, 56 voluntary data breach notifications, representing a 21 per cent increase from the previous financial year. Somehow…
Ca: Private children’s ministry papers dumped in trash bin
CTV reports: The B.C. government is dealing with another privacy breach after confidential documents from the Ministry of Children and Family Development were found dumped in a garbage bin. The documents were discovered dumped in a green dumpster behind a Victoria apartment building last week, and contain client names, addresses, birth dates and health card…