From Courthouse News: Aon Consulting disclosed online the names and Social Security numbers of 22,000 state retirees, a class action claims in New Castle County Court. The class claims Aon did not bother to scrub personal information before posting online a request for proposals from insurers. “Gail Slaughter’s identity is likely for sale on the…
Category: Breach Incidents
MN: Exposed student data leaves prying eyes wide open
Anthony C. Maki reports: An online MCTC [Minneapolis Community and Technical College] directory left sensitive student data and internal documents accessible to the prying eyes of anyone with an Internet connection since at least the summer of 2006, according to an investigation by City College News. Besides annual accounts-receivable reports and salary rosters, a database spanning…
NY: Computer stolen with students’ information
Jim Dolan of ABC reports: This school year is getting off to a bit of a rough start for thousands of CUNY [City University of New York] students. More than 7,000 of them received letters saying their names and Social Security numbers had been stolen. Now, there is growing concern about overall security at the…
JM: First persons charged under Cyber Crimes Act
Jamaica’s Cyber Crimes Act was enacted earlier this year. Now two people who were observed acting suspiciously in front of an ATM while in possession of access and cloning devices have become the first individuals charged under the new law. The Jamaica Observer has the story.
Stolen and sold: Private details of thousands of World Cup fans
Jason Lewis reports on the FIFA breach that was mentioned on this site last month (here). The personal details of thousands of football fans who bought World Cup tickets from official FIFA outlets have been stolen and sold for up to £500,000. […] The data breach first emerged in Scandinavia where the details of 50,000…
Imprisoned “Greenpoint Crew” member hit with new ID theft charges
Michaelangelo Conte reports: Two New York men who were once based in Bayonne have been charged with running a massive identity theft ring using dozens of people in numerous states to buy high-end items and withdraw cash using stolen account information, officials said. Abraham Lajos Berger, 56, and Alexei Kulakov, 38, of Brooklyn, were arrested…