Remember when a laptop stolen from the Canadian Canola Growers Association in 2008 resulted in 32,000 farmers being notified that their social insurance numbers and bank account information was in unknown hands? The Manitoba Co-Operator reports that a proposed class action lawsuit against the government and CCGA over the breach has been dropped. Regina lawyer…
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SC: DHEC notifying clients of personal information breach
Previous coverage on this breach can be found here and here. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control continues to notify clients whose personal information was included on improperly discarded DHEC documents, the agency reported today. “We’ve already mailed letters to individuals, but we don’t have complete mailing addresses for a small number of…
Blippy Users’ Credit Card Numbers Exposed in Google Search Results
Blippy’s web site says, “Blippy is a fun and easy way to see and discuss what everyone’s buying.” It may also be a fun and easy way for identity thieves to get your credit card number. Jennifer van Grove reports: Sharing your credit card and online purchases with friends on the web sounds risky and…
Pub Looking Into Credit Card ‘Processing Error’
Hailee Lampert reports: An investigation is under way following several incidents of credit card fraud. Louisville Metro Police told WLKY the U.S. Secret Service is investigating this case. The Secret Service said as a matter of policy, they do not comment on open cases, even to confirm there is one. An owner of O’Shea’s Irish…
SC: DHEC notifying clients of personal information breach
Previous coverage on this breach can be found here and here. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control continues to notify clients whose personal information was included on improperly discarded DHEC documents, the agency reported today. “We’ve already mailed letters to individuals, but we don’t have complete mailing addresses for a small number of…
AU: Anti-ID theft computer system flops
Mark Davis reports: A $28 million Howard government plan to create a high-tech system to address identity crime has been plagued by technical difficulties and failed to achieve its aims, the Australian National Audit Office says. The National Document Verification Service, announced by the Coalition in 2006, is a computer network which is supposed to…