Chris Zappone reports A breach at a merchant has forced Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Westpac and its St George unit to cancel thousands of credit cards in the latest security issue to affect bank customers. BusinessDay understands the matter is under police investigation, with CommBank issuing replacement cards from yesterday afternoon to about 8000…
Category: Breach Incidents
Honda Canada notifies customers of breach (UPDATED)
A DataBreaches.net reader alerted me that Honda Canada has been notifying some customers of a breach. According to a May 13th letter he received (French version, pdf), a breach involving unauthorized access of the My Honda (myhonda.honda.ca) and My Acura (myacura.acura.ca) web sites was detected in March 2011 and affected customers who were on certain…
(Update2) Lost Phoenix Ireland data tape had details of 62,000 customers
More than 6 weeks after news of the breach broke, Phoenix Ireland is now confirming that a breach thought to have occurred almost one year ago involved personal and financial data: Phoenix Ireland has confirmed that it has lost a data tape containing the personal and bank account details of 62,000 customers and potential customers….
(follow-up) Co-operative Life Planning signs undertaking after personal details of 82,000 exposed on Web
As a follow-up to a breach posted previously on this blog, a press release from the UK ICO: Co-operative Life Planning (CLP) breached the Data Protection Act by failing to ensure a contractor followed the company’s security procedures, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The incident led to personal details relating to 82,000 customers…
GA: Camden sheriff among victims of recent debit card fraud
There have been a rash of debit/credit card fraud reports in the media recently. In none of the situations has the point of compromised yet been identified, but I’m including them on this blog when I come across them in the hopes that one day, we will find out what happened. Here’s another one from…
DA Announces Bust of Brooklyn-Based Identity Theft, Check Forgery Ring
Authorities announced the bust of a Brooklyn-based identity theft ring that stole personal information of customers at various banks, using it to create and cash fake checks. In one case a bank worker was even involved in the scheme, according to the DA. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said 28 people were indicted Wednesday in…