Jonathan Dienst reports: A Malaysian man hacked his way into the Federal Reserve Bank’s computers in Cleveland and also had more than 400,000 stolen credit card numbers when Secret Service agents finally caught up with him, federal prosecutors said. Lin Mun Poo was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport last month as he traveled to…
Category: Breach Incidents
VA report to Congress on data incidents in October
The Department of Veterans Affairs October report to Congress on data incidents is available online. Here are some breaches of note contained in the report: A Regional Office (RO) guard at the Veterans Benefits Administration in Tennessee found an unencrypted thumb drive inside the facility doors on October 8. The guard took the drive home…
KS: Money, laptop taken in bowling alley burglary
A money bag containing thousands of dollars in cash, checks and credit card transactions was stolen during a burglary at All Star Lanes late Sunday or early Monday. Source: Salina Journal
New TD Ameritrade data theft settlement offers $50-$2,500 for ID theft in breach
Associated Press reports: Online brokerage TD Ameritrade (Nasdaq:AMTD) will offer up to $2,500 to each of the more than six million current and former customers affected by the theft of their contact information more than three years ago. But the proposed settlement, which will cost between $2.5 million and $6.5 million, still must be approved…
Chili’s Says Club Members’ Personal Data Was Leaked
Phil Villarreal writes: In a mass message sent out to its “e-mail club” subscribers, Chili’s revealed its service provider sprung a leak in user data, letting loyalists know first and last names, email addresses and birthdates went up for grabs. […] We are contacting you because the service provider (InterMundo Media) for the Chili’s e-mail…
Hard Drive Containing Students’ Personal Info Goes Missing at Messiah College
From WGAL: A computer hard drive containing personal information about tens of thousands of current, former and prospective Messiah College students disappeared about two weeks ago, a representative of the small private college said Monday. The external hard drive — which backed up information on a laptop in the financial aid department — contained data…