Claire Woffenden reports: Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s has apologised after an embarrassing security blunder exposed the names and addresses of more than 2,500 online customers. The mistake was discovered by Web User reader Julee de Jong after a simple search for her name on search engine Google. One of the top results for…
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Insider wrongdoing at StoresOnline just one of breach reports to Maryland
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office received 14 breach reports in April. Three of them revealed breaches not previously covered in the media or on this site, and a few others provided new numbers or details on breaches we already knew about. Newly revealed: Utah-based StoresOnline reported that an employee misused the credit card information of…
Destination Hotels & Resorts breach report raises an eyebrow
The Destination Hotels & Resorts breach reported back in June as affecting 700 people nationally reportedly affected 470 residents of New Hampshire – even though none of the affected properties are in New Hampshire. According to the breach disclosure filed by the chain’s law firm, Proskauer Rose, with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the…
TX: Credit, debit card information stolen from restaurant customers
Andrew Horansky reports: Thieves stole credit and debit card information worth thousands of dollars from customers at a popular South Austin restaurant. It happened at Tino’s Greek Café on Brodie Lane. Some people are just finding out now that their information was stolen. […] Tino’s has multiple locations in Austin, and the problem appears to…
AU: Westfield customer details exposed in data breach
Brett Winterford reports: The details of customers that shop at Westfield Bondi Junction have been exposed on an internet site after a direct marketing email mishap on Monday night. Westfield has warned subscribers to its mailing list that customer details were visible on the web for eight hours. In a note sent to customers, Westfield…
More breaches reported to Maryland that we didn’t know about
In response to a Freedom of Information request, Maryland Attorney General’s Office sent me the 14 breach reports they received in March of this year. Of the 14, six were never previously reported on this site and four others gave us breach reports for incidents that we were aware of but had few details for:…