The Destination Hotels & Resorts breach reported back in June as affecting 700 people nationally reportedly affected 470 residents of New Hampshire – even though none of the affected properties are in New Hampshire. According to the breach disclosure filed by the chain’s law firm, Proskauer Rose, with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the…
Author: Dissent
DVD with Walsh Pharmacy patient data disappears during mailing
When McKesson Pharmacy Systems mailed Massachusetts-based Walsh Pharmacy a DVD containing information on Walsh Pharmacy patients, the envelope arrived but the DVD was missing. Through its attorney, Walsh Pharmacy notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the incident involving its business associate systems vendor. Information on the DVD included pharmacy patients’ names, and in…
TX: Credit, debit card information stolen from restaurant customers
Andrew Horansky reports: Thieves stole credit and debit card information worth thousands of dollars from customers at a popular South Austin restaurant. It happened at Tino’s Greek Café on Brodie Lane. Some people are just finding out now that their information was stolen. […] Tino’s has multiple locations in Austin, and the problem appears to…
OR: Inmate pleads no contest to ID theft
Teach a man to call and he swindles for a day. Give a man a phone and he swindles for a lifetime. A Multnomah County jail inmate accused of pretending to be a grandson who needed cash to bail out of jail has pleaded no contest to multiple counts of identity theft. Prosecutors said 44-year-old…
VA Data Breaches Go Live
Bob Brewin alerts us to another new resource on data breaches: Today the Veterans Affairs Department started posting online its monthly data breach reports as part of its ongoing transparency thing, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told a press briefing this morning. He said the latest report (for July) might not make it to…
AU: Westfield customer details exposed in data breach
Brett Winterford reports: The details of customers that shop at Westfield Bondi Junction have been exposed on an internet site after a direct marketing email mishap on Monday night. Westfield has warned subscribers to its mailing list that customer details were visible on the web for eight hours. In a note sent to customers, Westfield…