WSVN reports: An auto parts company is investigating potential incidents of credit card skimming at two of its South Florida stores. Advance Auto Parts on Northwest 14th Street and 27th Avenue and the store on Northeast 119th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, are believed to have been affected, potentially compromising the credit card information of nearly…
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More on the Great River Entertainment breach
Last month I reported on a breach involving a Great River Entertainment facility. Great River notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the breach on October 1, but the timeline is somewhat disturbing: 1. In November 2011, they were informed that guests were experiencing fraud on cards used there. 2. On or about March…
Korn/Ferry breach details emerge
Thanks to the California Attorney General’s Office, we now have some of the details on the Korn/Ferry breach, reported yesterday on this blog. Korn/Ferry is an executive recruiting firm. In their sample notification, Thom Steinoff, CTO, writes: We are writing to inform you about a recent incident involving our data network. We recently learned that…
NJ: Credit card info of more than 100 customers stolen from North Bergen car transport business
Anthony J. Machcinski reports: …. Owners of AutoCarry, a car transport business that has an office on 4250 West Side Avenue, reported that burglars broke into the office and stole the records of more than 100 customers Wednesday night, police said. Owners told police that the stolen documents contained credit card numbers, addresses and other…
FEI Company joins the ranks of those who had PII on a stolen laptop
FEI Company has notified employees that a laptop stolen on August 29 contained their personal information. In a letter from their counsel to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the firm indicates that the laptop held employees’ names, Social Security numbers, taxpayer I.D. information, salary information, date of birth, home address, and basic employment information….
Korn/Ferry’s frustratingly vague breach disclosure (update2)
File this under “How NOT to issue a press release.” Korn/Ferry reportedly issued some statement that they were the victim of a criminal attack. They note that the databases typically do not hold credit cards, Social Security numbers or health information, but they fail to indicate what types of personally identifiable information may have been…