On March 16, a Penton Media employee lost a laptop and case containing some customer credit card information in hard copy and electronic form. The laptop was password-protected but the electronic files were not encrypted. The files contained customers’ names, credit card numbers, and credit card expiration dates of 54 customers who attended an IWCE…
Author: Dissent
Laptop with Catalent Pharma Solutions employee data stolen
On February 23, a laptop assigned to a Corporate Human Resources Department employee of Catalent Pharma Solutions was stolen from vehicle in New Jersey. The laptop contained information on 2,656 current and former employees, including their names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and salary information. The laptop was reportedly password-protected. Catalent’s draft of their notification (pdf)…
Thieves steal laptops with Ultimate Ears customer data
A burglary earlier this year at the Irvine California office of Ultimate Ears resulted in the theft of laptops containing customer data and credit card numbers. Ultimate Ears, a product unit of Logitech, Inc. reported (pdf) the theft to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on March 6. The company advised affected consumers to cancel their…
Security breach exposes foster children’s data on the internet
On February 19, the National Center for Children and Families was alerted that some foster children’s personal information including Social Security numbers was exposed on the internet. An investigator hired by the agency tracked down the source of the breach: a family member of a former employee had inadvertently exposed the files via file-sharing software….
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Susan Shaw has been charged with multiple counts of theft and identity theft. Investigators say she gained access to a financial database and that there are at least 11 victims. More. Mark Pinella, owner of Dino’s Pizza in Fayetteville, has been charged with multiple counts of ID theft for skimming his…
Private? Are you sure? (Opinion)
That hacker who claims to have stolen millions Virginians’ prescription drug records won’t find a taker with his ransom note to the state. “Not a chance,” said Gov. Tim Kaine. But that doesn’t mean the he couldn’t find a buyer somewhere else, as he threatens to do if Virginia doesn’t pay him $10 million. And…