If there’s one thing I really hate to see, it’s reports of confidential records blowing in the wind or exposed because medical professionals or lawyers haven’t taken proper steps to securely dispose of them. Here’s another lawyer one, from WAFB: Below the interstate at Dalrymple and along the sidewalk, there are documents strewn about with…
Category: Business Sector
Dropbox Reports User Accounts Were Hijacked, Adds New Security Features
Rip Empson reports: Several weeks ago, reports started to trickle out that a number of Dropbox users were under attack from spam. Since then, Dropbox has been investigating those attacks (with some help from a third-party) and today gave the first update on the progress, saying that some accounts were indeed accessed by hackers, but…
When security works: payroll processor prevent$ transactions
Neurocare, Inc. has been notifying some employees after one of their systems was infected by malware and the criminals acquired the firm’s login credentials to its payroll processor account. The credentials were then used to re-route direct deposits for some employees to other accounts. The scheme was foiled because Neurocare’s unnamed payment processor detected an…
Petco notifies employees of data theft from auditor’s office
The auditor is as yet unnamed, but Petco Animal Supplies notified over 500 employees that laptops stolen from their auditor’s office the weekend of May 18 -20 contained their SSN and some 401(k) information. The theft occurred in San Diego. It is not clear why it took the auditor over one month to notify them….
Hackers publish AAPT data in protest over web spy plan
Ben Grubb reports that hackers made good on their promise and dumped some of the data stolen in the AAPT hack. AAPT’s server was hosted and operated by Melbourne IT. The hack was intended to protest a proposed data retention plan in Australia: “We as people have the right to protest in any way shape…
8.7 million KT mobile customers’ data hacked in S. Korea
Bae Ji-sook reports: Police on Sunday arrested two hackers for stealing and selling on the personal information of 8.7 million KT users. Investigators said they would also investigate KT on suspicion of negligent management of firewalls and personal data as the number of victims accounts for nearly half of its subscribers. According to the National…