RCMP are investigating a possible privacy breach at a Colwood employment centre, after the personal information of more than 200 clients went missing. Work Link, a non-profit organization that helps people find jobs, misplaced the personal files of 212 people, said West Shore RCMP spokesman Cpl. Scott Hilderley. The files contain “pretty sensitive information,” including…
Category: Breach Incidents
Salerooms across UK hit by major credit card fraud
Police are appealing for help after a swathe of established regional salerooms were hit by a major credit card fraud last month. Victims are now recommending the adoption of a new protocol for regional auctioneers when conducting ‘cardholder not present’ credit card transactions. The case is the most serious of its type in recent memory….
Multiple businesses compromised in Capitol Hill?
Another small development in the rash of credit card fraud cases and attempts to transfer business funds in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. So far, only the Broadway Grill has been named as a point of compromise. As reported previously, not only are their customers affected but their own bank accounts were accessed to…
UK: Looking for love in all the wrong places
Andy Bloxham reports: A woman police community support officer who trawled the national police computer to track down potential boyfriends has been fined for misconduct. Lucy Bevan, 25, used Northumbria Police’s confidential database to check up on prospective partners she met whilst out on the beat. North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how Bevan was in…
Four U. Hawaii breaches since 2009 makes at least one student nervous
I received an email today from a University of Hawaii student who is feeling unsettled by all of the breaches that the University has had in the past year. He wanted to let me know that although mainstream media were saying that the University of Hawaii had experienced three breaches since 2009, they’ve actually experienced…
Richmond school system inadvertently sent e-mail with personal data
Jeremy Slayton reports that an employee of the Richmond Public Schools sent an email on Tuesday morning that inadvertently contained personal information, including SSN, of almost 110 employees. The e-mail was sent out to all Richmond public school staff — about 3,300 employees — around 9:15 Tuesday morning. Less than an hour passed before the…