Lucy Battersby reports that an email gaffe by auto insurer Australian Associated Motor Insurers (AAMI) has enabled disgruntled consumers to find each other to band together: The blind carbon copy (BCC) button on emails exists for a very good reason. Unfortunately one of AAMI’s managers failed to use it the day she sent a message…
Category: Business Sector
Outbrain takes recommendation widget service offline after breach compromises Washington Post, others
Outbrain disabled its content recommendation service after a security breach compromised the websites of several prominent clients. The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has taken credit for the attack, which is believed to have affected the Washington Post, Time, CNN, and the New York Times. Read more on TheNextWeb.
Liberty Mutual Insurance tells Schnuck Markets its insurance policy doesn’t cover data breach lawsuits and costs
If their insurer gets their way, the beleaguered Schnuck Markets will find itself without help from its insurance carrier in paying litigation costs and other data breach-related costs. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company has informed Schnuck Markets that it is not responsible to cover costs of the eight lawsuits that were filed in the wake of…
ADP coding error exposed McKesson employees’ SSN and wages (updated to include statement from ADP)
Add McKesson to those affected by a breach involving ADP that was disclosed in June. The breach also affected employees of the city of Houston and US Airways, as reported previously on this blog. On August 9, McKesson notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that it was sending out notifications to some of their employees…
Northrop Grumman notifies linguists of database breach
Northrop Grumman is notifying some of those employed by, or who applied for positions with Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc. Balkans Linguist Support Program of a breach. In a letter dated August 9 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, R. David Carlton, Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Sector Counsel, wrote that on July 26,…
Helicopter training academy notifies former attendees of breach (updated)
Add Bell Helicopter’s Training Academy to those reporting breaches this month. The Forth Worth- based business learned in July that some former attendees had received spam e-mails that appeared to originate from them. On investigation, they discovered that someone had obtained information from an older database that contained email addresses and credit card numbers of…