Hundreds of Winnipeggers woke up on the weekend to discover that while they were sleeping, criminals were awake and stealing money from their bank accounts. Both bank and credit union customers say hundreds of dollars were taken, or attempted to be withdrawn, from their accounts. Customers from Royal Bank and Bank of Montreal say their…
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WA: Vancouver schools’ employee data breached
Howard Buck reports: Vancouver Public Schools said on Monday it had discovered a “security breach” in its payroll data system that threatens the release of district employees’ personal information, such as names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. Also, the banking account numbers of employees who use direct deposit “have been compromised,” the district said…
CT AG “appalled” at delay in Anthem data theft
The state attorney general is demanding Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut provide more answers and identity-theft protection for nearly 19,000 health professionals whose confidential data was on a stolen laptop computer. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, at a press conference today, said Anthem and one of its Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates may have…
A note on the Anthem Blue Cross breach
Last week, several news sources such as WMUR reported that Anthem Blue Cross was notifying 10,000 healthcare professionals in New Hampshire that their personal information was on a stolen laptop. That news story was correct, but some sites seem to have picked up the story as if it was a new incident or breach. New…
Ca: Data breaches on the increase
David Canton writes: Federal Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart recently released her annual report to Parliament on PIPEDA, the private-sector privacy law. While her comments on social networking were highlighted and widely reported by the media, the report contained some other interesting trends that have not been as widely discussed. One of the most notable developments…
Ca: Computer theft suit bites feds for $751G
Peter Zimonjic sheds more light on the costs of a breach: The federal government paid out $751,750 to avoid a class action lawsuit after personal information was stolen from a Canada Revenue Agency office. The theft of six computers from the Tax Services Office in Laval, Que., on Sept. 4, 2003, jeopardized the personal information…