Over on The Examiner, Joe Campana compares the way in which two recent breaches involving Wisconsin residents were handled by the respective entities – the Dean and St. Mary’s Hospital breach and a University of Wisconsin breach. For the most part, I agree with Joe’s points, and I think it’s important to emphasize that much…
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(follow-up) Compensation confusion over Santander’s statement fiasco
Victoria Bischoff reports: Santander yesterday admitted sending the wrong bank statements containing other people’s personal details to thousands and thousands of customers. We explain if these customers will be entitled to compensation and if they are now at more risk of fraud? Will I get compensation from Santander? Early misleading reports indicate that tens of…
Army opens probe of its role in WikiLeaks security breach
Nancy A. Youssef reports: The U.S. Army has launched a wide-ranging investigation into how a private allegedly downloaded hundreds of thousands of secret reports and diplomatic cables and handed them to WikiLeaks, McClatchy has learned. The probe could result in a recommendation that other soldiers should face criminal charges in the case. […] The report…
(follow-up) Former Stens Corporation employee sentenced to probation for computer intrusion
Walter D. Puckett, 40, of Williamstown, Ky., was sentenced yesterday to three years of probation by U.S. District Chief Judge Richard L. Young after his guilty plea to computer intrusion. According to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana, Puckett admitted that he accessed the computer system of…
Former HBPA director pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit ID theft to rig election results
Cindy Romero, a/k/a Cricket Romero, age 50, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday in federal court before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to conspiracy to commit identity theft, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. According to court documents, Romero admitted that while employed by the Louisiana Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA),…
Laptop with medical information on 3,159 Mankato Clinic patients stolen
A laptop computer with personal and medical information on more than 3,000 Mankato Clinic patients was stolen nearly two months ago. […] The breach did not include the Mankato Clinic’s electronic health records. The laptop was in the car of a registered nurse and stolen sometime between Nov. 1 an Nov. 2. Clinic officials were…