Duncan McLeod reports: The accounts of thousands of MWeb broadband customers appear to have been compromised, with their logon and password details apparently published on the Internet by hackers. As many as 2,390 users of MWeb’s business digital subscriber lines have been affected. […] The list, which includes accounts belonging to several prominent businesses, including…
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MetLife reports employee snooped on files of public figures
MetLife, who reported in August that an employee had been sharing disability insurance applications with an unauthorized individual, recently received more bad news. According to a letter they sent to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the third-party provider whose database they use to run searches on individuals in the course of their business recently…
Midtown Motors’ login to TransUnion compromised, credit reports accessed
Credit reporting agency TransUnion has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that compromise of customer Midtown Motors’ login information resulted in the unauthorized access to an unspecified number of individuals’ credit reports. In their letter, TransUnion states that the compromise was no fault of the customer’s (then how did it happen?), and TransUnion will…
Today’s WTF moment: Yeah, I failed at protecting your data. Please vote for me.
Maybe he thinks any publicity is good publicity, but the Jackson Hewitt franchise owner who was caught dumping employee and client files containing personal information has announced that he’s running for City Council. News4Jax reports: A former tax service franchise owner who admitted Monday to dumping employees’ and customers’ personal information in the trash outside…
Carolina West Wireless customer data found during vehicle search
Authorities are trying to determine how men in Beaumont, Texas, ended up with papers that had personal financial information of Wilkesboro-based Carolina West Wireless customers, said Wilkesboro Police Chief Robert Bowlin. Bowlin said a Beaumont Police Department detective contacted Carolina West on Sept. 30 and said Beaumont police had found 121 documents related to Carolina…
FL: Employees’ Personal Info Found In Trash
An employee taking out the trash at a Southside office plaza found boxes of employees’ W-2 forms, copies of their driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and other personal information, all from the tax company Jackson Hewitt. Cynthia Kessler said she found out Monday some of her personal information, including her Social Security number, driver’s license…