The Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune and WGN News are reporting a breach involving records on nearly 3900 children held by Illinois childcare agency, the Maryville Academy. A notice on Maryville Academy‘s web site says: Notice Notice To All Current and Former Maryville Academy Residents and Clients Who Received Services Between 1992 and January 25, 2011: Maryville Academy has…
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OR: Credit card info stolen from Portland Center for the Performing Arts website
Marty Hughley reports: Credit card numbers and other personal information from several hundred Portland Center for the Performing Arts customers have been stolen due to a breach of website security, the center announced Friday. Ticket purchases for PCPA events, which are handled exclusively through Ticketmaster, were not affected. The problem was with the PCPA’s own…
IL: Credit card fraud/Identity theft alert
From the Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois, this press release: The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, over the past week, has been receiving numerous complaints of credit card fraud/identity theft. Victims have been receiving calls from their credit card companies stating that their cards had been used fraudulently, not only in the U….
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands learns online state park pass purchase site was compromised last year; 970 notified
Rob Poindexter reports: Credit card information may have been stolen for some people who bought state park passes on line. The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands learned in February that their online system for the sale of state park passes, provided by a private vendor, was hacked by “malware.” The breach happened between March…
Now it’s TripAdvisor’s turn to report a compromised email database
Nate Cochrane reports: TripAdvisor.com is the latest organisation to fall prey to hackers, who made off with the popular travel site’s member email list. SC Magazine recommends TripAdvisor subscribers change their passwords as a precaution but not to click on any links from emails purporting to be from the travel community site. You may see…
UK: Confidential staff data sent in email by mistake
Katie Clark reports: Personal details of 200 staff from a Christchurch-based housing group were mistakenly emailed to a member of the public. Staff payroll information including names, addresses and dates of birth, as well as the National Insurance numbers of employees at Spectrum Housing were mistakenly emailed out by a member of staff two and…