Cambridgeshire County Council breached the Data Protection Act by losing a memory stick containing sensitive data relating to vulnerable adults, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO was informed by the council in November 2010 that an employee had recently lost an unencrypted memory stick containing personal data relating to a minimum of…
Category: Breach Incidents
UK: Met called after hackers send obscene emails from university database
Josh Halliday reports: The Metropolitan police has been called in after computer hackers gained access to a London university medical database, sending a string of expletive-laden emails to hundreds of its users. Unidentified hackers sent emails last week pretending that members of the university’s executive board were involved in a “recent child pornography sting” and…
TX: Credit/Debit Card Theft at the Drive-Thru
Patti Shieh reports: Police have arrested 21-year-old Dayvon Clement in connection to numerous thefts of credit and debit card numbers in Pearland. He allegedly used a portable, battery-powered skimmer to get the numbers. Police looking for a pattern among ID theft victims discovered that each one had gone through the drive through at the Jack…
KY: Cumberland man, wife accused of stealing IDs from dealership
Bill Estep reports: A former employee of a Harlan County car dealership stole customers’ identities and used the information to buy vehicles under their names, then sell them over the Internet, state police have charged. Paul Anthony Casolari, 42, of Cumberland is charged with 12 counts of identity theft… Read more on Kentucky.com
(follow-up) Maine league gets kudos from media on breach alert
The Maine Credit Union League’s proactive work in alerting consumers last week to a breach at a jewelry store that affected about 1,000 credit union members as well as other consumers not only garnered attention from the media, but also media kudos for the way it handled the situation. Read more on CUNA News. It’s…
Breach at Integrity Bank Plus results in access to MicroBilt credit reports for 500 consumers
Via the Wisconsin Office of Privacy Protection: Sometime between December 23 – 28, 2010,MicroBilt Corp, a reseller of credit bureau information experienced a breach involving one of their customers, Integrity Bank Plus. IBP’s breach affected about 500 consumers whose credit information may have been improperly accessed. MicroBilt Corp has sent letters to those affected and…