Lawyers for Twin America LLC (d/b/a CitySights NY) have notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that an SQL injection attack on their client’s web server resulted in the acquisition of 110,000 customers’ credit card data. The security breach was discovered on or about October 25, when the firm’s web programmer noticed that unauthorized script…
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Wackenhut stolen hard drive contained employee info
On December 9, Wackenhut Services Limited Liability Company notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a hard drive stolen in transit between the firm’s office in Iraq and the firm’s U.S. office contained personal information on past employees, including their first and last names, dates of birth and places of birth, passport numbers, last known…
Concur Technologies notifies 1,017 employees that stolen computer contained their personal info
A break-in and theft at Concur Technologies headquarters in Washington over the Thanksgiving weekend has resulted in the firm notifying 1,017 employees that their personal information – names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security Numbers – were stolen when the thieves stole computer equipment and software. According to a notification sent by ID Experts…
(follow-up) Genesco notification to NH available online
Genesco’s notification letter to the NH Attorney General’s Office is available online. Their press release announcing the breach had been posted previously on this site. The notification to the state does not add a tremendous amount of detail, but does note that the company first became aware of a problem when it was contacted by…
Silverpop’s response to media coverage of breaches
In response to recent news coverage indicating that breaches affecting McDonald’s, DeviantART customers (and possibly Walgreens customers?) were due to a breach at Silverpop, their CEO Bill Nussey responds on Silverpop’s blog: The forensic investigation into the cyber attack on our company and customers has yielded some valuable insights. First, we have confirmed that our…
California MD pleads guilty to 274 of 276 counts; to stand trial on remaining charges
As an update to a case that started in 2007 and that has been previously covered on my blogs: the Associated Press is reporting that Dr. Lisa Barden, the California physician accused of stealing patients’ and colleagues’ identities as part of a prescription drug fraud sceme, has pleaded guilty to 274 counts. Barden had been…