Michael Vick reports on news from Paducah: An area bank issued an important warning to take a closer look at your bank accounts, informing customers of a security breach. Community Financial Services Bank recently sent out a letter saying Visa contacted them because a hacker in Miami accessed some unauthorized customer information. Read more on…
Category: Breach Incidents
Ca: Goodfellow student information stolen from vehicle
Chris Simon reports: A binder containing personal information on 93 Goodfellow Public School students was stolen from a teacher’s car in Springwater Township sometime overnight between Nov. 5 and 6. The binder, which had been placed inside a briefcase that looked similar to a computer case, was among several items stolen during the break-in, which…
Ug: Key data stolen from main government registry
Yasiin Mugerwa reports: A substantial amount of official data, including some classified documents on deaths, births and companies has been stolen in what appears to be an “inside job” involving officials in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard yesterday that 28 computers at Uganda Registration Services Bureau, formerly…
NC: County published some property owners’ Social Security Numbers online
Chris Mazzolini reports: The Social Security numbers of 163 New Hanover County property owners were mistakenly published on the county website for anyone to see. The lists containing the numbers were removed from the site Tuesday so county officials could scrub them from the data, said Chairman Jason Thompson, who learned that the numbers were…
Ca: Colwood employment centre loses data on 212 clients
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…
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….