Hooray – it’s Data Protection Day in EU and here’s a news story that shows how data protection may have prevented what could have been worse problems: A total of ten laptops, thought to contain sensitive information have been stolen from the offices of the Revenue Commissioner last night. Gardaí in Dublin said today they…
Category: Breach Incidents
NC: Police Investigate Bank Card Breach At Greenville Store
Dave Jordan reports: A number of customers who used their credit and debit card information at one store in the east may want to check their statements after an apparent breach in the system sent credit card information to an unknown location. One of those alleged victims–Kate Ford–says she used her debit card to buy…
Hackers didn’t retrieve data in Defense pharmacy website attack
Bob Brewin follows up a government site that appeared on a hacker’s list of compromised sites for sale: No data has been siphoned off the Defense Department PharmacoEconomic Center website and domain as the result of a hacker attack reported by a security firm last week, a Military Health System spokesman said. Austin Camacho, a spokesman…
2011: The Year of Epic Hacking
Darlene Storm has an interesting recap of some breaches in the first month of 2011 that includes a breach this blog didn’t even know about. Specifically: In India, Domino’s Pizza database of online ordering customers was hacked. It sent a letter to customers, alerting them of the breach, yet the company sort of blew it off…
Hacker may have sold access to Marshall U. website
Yesterday, I noted that I had contacted Marshall University about a hacker offering “Full SiteAdmin Control” to their server for $99.00. My purpose in contacting them was two-fold: to alert them to a possible breach that they needed to look into and to ask for a comment or response. I never got to the second…
Warner Pacific College laptop stolen from employee’s home
Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon describes itself as a “close-knit, Christ-centered campus with amazing staff and faculty, an affordable tuition less than $17,000, and a culture of authentic Christian service to the city – and the world.” While that may sound admirable, apparently it meant nothing to a burglar who stole one of…