Dozens of personal files have been discovered in a dumpster outside a west-end restaurant. The files included the personal information of past employees. The dumpster outside the Twisted Kilt has now been emptied out, but Thursday morning it was full of several boxes of documents that included the personal information of former staff members, not…
Author: Dissent
(update) ME: Voter database breach came from Millinocket, no information compromised
Eric Russell updates a report on a breach involving the Maine voter database: The Secretary of State’s Office said Thursday that it appears no personal information was compromised during a potential security breach of Maine’s Central Voter Registration database. The apparent breach was the result of malware — or malicious computer software — found on a workstation…
Huntsville restaurant at center of credit card scam investigation
Note that this story is about a restaurant in Huntsville, Alabama and is not about Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant in Huntsville, Texas. Margo Gray reports: Several people have had their credit card information stolen, and it may be connected to an investigation into a Huntsville restaurant. At least three more cases have been filed with Huntsville…
Few e-retailers are prepared to notify consumers of a loss of card data
Don Davis writes: Only 21% of online retailers are prepared to notify consumers in the event of a data breach that exposes cardholder data, according to a new survey sponsored by insurance agency Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott Inc. 61% of the 300 e-retailers surveyed said they were not prepared to notify consumers and 18% were…
TX: Former CPS worker sentenced in ID theft case
A follow-up to a breach previously noted on this blog: A former employee with Children’s Protective Services has been sentenced to prison for her part in an identity theft scheme. Andrea Daniels, 45, was convicted of the charges of fraudulent use and possession of identifiable information. Prosecutors say from November 2009 through April 2010, Daniels…
Mass. Appeals Court Allows Suit by Man Who Volunteered DNA Sample, Wants Genetic Profile Destroyed
Debra Cassens Weiss reports: A Massachusetts man who voluntarily provided DNA in 2002 to police investigating a murder may pursue a privacy invasion suit seeking return of his genetic profile, a state appeals court has ruled. Keith Amato claims in his class action suit that police promised the sample and data would not be retained…