Through its lawyers, Heraeus Incorporated notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on December 29 of a security breach. According to the letter, the company noticed on November 18 that a steel cabinet that contained a safe with backup tapes was missing. The company believes (but cannot be sure) that the cabinet was discarded as…
Category: Business Sector
Seabury & Smith service reports security breach
Marsh U.S. Consumer, a Seabury & Smith service, recently reported a security breach to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. The benefits plan provider reported that due to a programming error and transmission of incorrect URLs, a dedicated server for its client, ITT Corporation, was exposing some ITT employees’ benefits plan personal information to other employees…
MI: One of two suspects in Taco Bell credit card scheme pleads guilty
John Tunison reports: Onil Rivas-Perez, a man police say took part in a scheme to digitally skim credit card numbers from Taco Bell customers, has pleaded guilty to identity theft. Rivas-Perez, 36, of Byron Center, entered the plea Tuesday before Kent County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Lieber and will be sentenced Feb. 24. Police said…
Numbers on EVG Quality Gas breach continue to climb
UPI is reporting that there are now 230 reports of credit card fraud associated with EVG Quality Gas in Sierra Madre. The breach was mentioned in previous reports on this blog. Chief Marilyn Diaz of the Sierra Madre Police Department said authorities want to question the owner of EVG Quality Gas, which closed down during…
Update on White Rock Networks breach
Yesterday, I reported on a breach reported by WFAA in Texas, where boxes of intact personnel records, some containing Social Security Numbers and even medical information on employees, had been found next to a public dumpster in Plano. As Brad Watson of WFAA reported, White Rock Networks had gone bankrupt in 2006 and its assets were…
TX: Personnel records found dumped outside Plano library
Brad Watson reports about dozens of boxes containing sensitive information: “I picked up a notebook that was sitting on top, I flipped it over and saw pages and pages of Social Security numbers,” she said. “I got concerned.” Inside the cartons, News 8 reviewed hundreds of names, Social Security numbers, medical records, home addresses and…