Liz F. Kay reports: A Maryland Department of Human Resources employee was placed on administrative leave after posting the Social Security numbers and other personal information of nearly 3,000 clients of a state agency on a third-party website, a spokeswoman for the agency said. There’s no evidence that the information was used for identity theft,…
Category: Breach Incidents
FL: Medical, credit files found in dumpster
Steve Gehlbach reports: They were tossed out with the trash. Dozens of boxes filled with personal records turned up Sunday night in an Orlando dumpster. […] Orlando Police are investigating where the documents came from and what, if any, crime was committed. Police say it was a cleaning man who put the old records in…
South Shore Hospital Breach Could Affect 800,000
South Shore Hospital today reported that back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial information may have been lost by a professional data management company. The hospital had engaged the company to destroy the files because they were in a format the hospital no longer uses. The hospital has no evidence that information on the…
Turks hack Israeli account details
Nitzan Sadan reports: Turkish hackers have obtained the passwords and credit card details of 32,561 Israeli users, the Israeli We-CMS blog says. According to the blog, a Turkish message board has uploaded a list containing credit card details, PayPal and bank usernames and passwords. The list is also said to contain more than 140 passwords…
(update) Aldaco’s credit card hacking period shrinks
Guillermo Contreras reports: Patrons of a popular North Side restaurant whose credit and debit card processing system was hacked earlier this year might be able to breathe a little easier. Aldaco’s in Stone Oak has narrowed down the dates when customers’ card numbers may have been compromised to a period between March 21 and May…
(follow-up) CT: Two students arrested for hacking into school computer system to change grades
Macklin Reid reports: Police have arrested two students for breaching the security of Ridgefield High School’s computer system in June, with a goal of altering grades. The students were charged with theft of computer services in the third degree and first degree criminal mischief. Police described the students as 16-year-old males, but did not release…