Katie Begley reports: Simon Cowell has called in the FBI after hackers broke into his top-secret computer network. Closely guarded secrets about media mogul Simon Cowell and his new US X Factor show have been “stolen” by sneaky cyber crooks. The personal information and act details of more than 250,000 wannabes have also been…
Category: Breach Incidents
Texas state employees sue Comptroller over recent security breach
Terry Baynes reports: A public school teacher sued the Texas Comptroller’s Office on behalf of 3.5 million current and former state employees after the comptroller posted the employees’ private information on its public website. The class-action lawsuit was filed in Houston federal court on Friday. It accuses the state agency of inflicting financial and emotional…
Taipei demands answers from Sony, threatens fines
Ralph Jennings reports: The city of Taipei is demanding that Sony provide details about any leak of PlayStation Network user data following an intrusion last week or face fines. As pressure mounts internationally against Sony over the failure of its PlayStation Network online gaming service, the Taiwan capital’s Law and Regulation Commission said late on…
Omnicare notifies almost 9,000 that their Social Security numbers and protected health information were on a stolen laptop
Omnicare Inc. of Kentucky recently notified 8,845 patients who had protected health information on a laptop that was stolen on January 19. The firm, which provides pharmaceutical care for seniors, posted a statement on their web site for those using pharmacies in North Carolina: On January 19, 2011, a laptop computer was stolen that contained…
Law enforcement organization hit by hackers
Computer hackers have stolen names, addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card information of about 2,000 retired public safety officers belonging to the Peace Officers Research Association of California, according to a email sent to them on Thursday night. PORAC informed its members that its data server was breached earlier this month. The hackers stole…
Ie: TCD reports data breach
Another Irish college is reporting a data breach: A file containing the names of students and staff of Trinity College Dublin, along with their addresses, ID numbers and email addresses, was “inadvertently” made accessible on a local network, the college said. TCD said today it had reported the incident to the Data Protection Commissioner. The…