Some interesting statistics from a news story by Jason Van Rasse about how a skimmer that was found inside a gas pump was the first incident of its kind in Alberta: The Canadian Bankers Association said credit card fraud in Canada totalled $358 million last year — with counterfeit cards accounting for almost half that…
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UK: Council loses personal details of children in care
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has undertaken to improve the security of personal data held on portable media devices following the loss of a USB memory stick containing sensitive personal information of 40 children in their care, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO was made aware of this breach of the Data Protection Act…
Shaw airmen exposed to credit card fraud
Officials at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., are warning airmen to watch their credit card balances after reports of credit card fraud on base. The instances of credit card fraud involved 20th Force Support Squadron buildings at Shaw. No Army and Air Force Exchange Service facilities were affected, said Lt. Col. Belinda Petersen, spokeswoman at…
Ex-Macon hospital worker accused of accessing patient information
Phillip Ramati reports: Macon police are investigating a former employee of Coliseum Hospital accused of entering a secure area and accessing patient information, according to a report. According to the report, investigators are looking into a former employee at the hospital who was there Thursday afternoon for a nurse’s birthday party. While there, the former…
(update) Missing Messiah College Hard Drive Found
As a follow-up to a breach reported here at the beginning of the week, WGAL reported on Friday that the Messiah College employee who had misplaced a hard drive containing personally identifiable information from the financial aid office has found it. As the AP notes, however, the notification letters to 43,000 affected individuals already went out…
NC movers get apology for data breach
The N.C. Utilities Commission is eating crow after inadvertently posting a Greensboro moving company’s confidential information online in violation of the commission’s own privacy policy. The gaffe happens at a time when the commission has issued fines of up to $1,000 against more than 50 moving companies – and is threatening to yank their operating…