Sally Beauty is updating its customers today on its ongoing investigation of unusual payment card activity and on efforts to provide support to any customers who may have been affected by the incident. “We believe it is in the best interests of our customers to alert them that we now have sufficient evidence to confirm that…
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NJ: Personal tax records found in Edison trash
Another case where records in a storage unit wind up in the wild when the owner falls behind on storage rent. News12 New Jersey reports: Hundreds of old tax documents with personal information on them were found left out in the trash Tuesday in Edison. The boxes, about 12 in all, were from Tax DRX,…
Longwood Management notifies employees of stolen laptop
Now this is refreshingly transparent: A password-protected laptop was stolen from a Longwood Management employee’s vehicle on February 11, 2015 (no, that’s not the refreshing part, obviously). Investigation revealed that encryption was deployed on the laptop, but “the encryption may not have been sufficient to prevent access by someone with the knowledge or skills to…
Ca: Kiewit laptop theft puts Bull Arm workers’ personal information at risk
CBC News reports: Construction company Kiewit is warning some employees at the Bull Arm work site to keep an eye on their credit after sensitive information was recently stolen from an employee. According to the company, personal information was on a laptop computer that was stolen from someone working in Kiewit’s payroll department on April 15. […] According…
Healthy Living possibly targeted for data breach
Burlington Free Press reports: Healthy Living informed its customers Friday afternoon of a potential security breach after some customers of the store found unauthorized charges to their credit cards in November and December of 2014. Read more on Burlington Free Press. The firm learned of the breach on March 25, and has been investigating since…
Hong Kong’s fast food chain Cafe de Coral admits accidental data leak
Hong Kong’s local fast food chain Cafe de Coral has accidentally leaked the personal details of members of its bonus-point program, it said on Friday. The company said the mistake was made last month in an email to a third party, which it did not identify, adding the personal details include names, phone numbers, email…