The Maryland Attorney General’s Office received 14 breach reports in April. Three of them revealed breaches not previously covered in the media or on this site, and a few others provided new numbers or details on breaches we already knew about. Newly revealed: Utah-based StoresOnline reported that an employee misused the credit card information of…
Category: Breach Incidents
Destination Hotels & Resorts breach report raises an eyebrow
The Destination Hotels & Resorts breach reported back in June as affecting 700 people nationally reportedly affected 470 residents of New Hampshire – even though none of the affected properties are in New Hampshire. According to the breach disclosure filed by the chain’s law firm, Proskauer Rose, with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the…
TX: Credit, debit card information stolen from restaurant customers
Andrew Horansky reports: Thieves stole credit and debit card information worth thousands of dollars from customers at a popular South Austin restaurant. It happened at Tino’s Greek Café on Brodie Lane. Some people are just finding out now that their information was stolen. […] Tino’s has multiple locations in Austin, and the problem appears to…
FL: Romanian man accused of stealing credit card numbers
A 31-year-old Romanian man is accused of stealing credit card data from at least 18 people and racking up $11,696 in charges at a Land O’Lakes Target store. Mircea C. Ciornei, of 3804 Olde Lanark Drive in Land O’Lakes, was arrested Tuesday. The investigation was done by the Florida Department of Financial Services. Several calls…
Portland psychologists’ laptop stolen with confidential info (updated)
From KGW in Oregon: A Portland psychologist who has seen thousands of patients over the years put out a warning Tuesday night after his laptop computer was stolen. The computer contained social security numbers, names and diagnosis information. It was stolen from Dr. David Gostnell’s car last month. Some of his former patients were already…
‘Kryogeniks’ hacker sentenced for Comcast hacking
No PII involved in this one, but since many may remember the case, I thought I’d post the follow-up. James Robert Black, Jr., a.k.a. “Defiant,” was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to four months in prison, four months of electronic home monitoring, 150 hours of community service, three years of supervised release…