A follow-up to a breach reported on this blog (but not in the mainstream media) in November 2011: A property management firm will pay $15,000 in civil penalties following the theft of a laptop containing the personal information of over 600 Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. “It is incredibly important that businesses…
Category: Business Sector
MilitarySingles.com hack exposes over 160,000 users’ information (updated to include ESingles denial of breach)
MilitarySingles.com has apparently been hacked. The hack was announced on Twitter earlier today by Operation Digiturk and a database of 163,792 names, usernames, e-mail addresses, IP addresses, and passwords has been dumped on the Internet. The tweet was accompanied by the hashtags #anonymous #antisec #infosec I don’t know if the site is aware of the hack and eSingles Inc.’s…
JP: Software sales firm warns of info breach on over 260,000 customers
From Mainichi Daily News earlier this week: A software sales company affiliated with Softbank Corp. said Thursday that personal information related to up to 261,161 customers may have been compromised from its database due to fraudulent access. Vector Inc. based in Tokyo said data that may have been stolen include names, addresses and credit card…
Police: Man stole 100 debit and credit cards from Sixth Street bar
Somewhat bizarre case in Austin, Texas. Patrick George reports: A man charged with burglary is accused of stealing nearly 100 debit and credit cards from Pure, a downtown Austin bar, according to an arrest affidavit. You can read about the case on Statesman.com while I scratch my head and wonder why there would be 100…
H&R Block Manager Arrested for Identity Theft of Tax Clients
Michael Cohn reports: An H&R Block manager in Southern California has been arrested for using the identities of his former tax preparation clients in an identity theft scheme. Read more on Accounting Today.
Pa. Firm Claims Ex-Partner Used Portable Drives to Steal Client Files
Gina Passarella reports on a case where a law firm alleges massive data theft by a former partner and others while the defendants vigorously deny the allegations. Interestingly (to me, anyway), the complaint incorporates reference to the use of Dropbox. You can read about the case on Law Technology News. And for today’s musical accompaniment: