Liz F. Kay reports that the Maryland Department of Human Resources employee who posted the Social Security numbers of almost 3,000 state residents has been fired: “As of today, the employee is no longer employed with the state,” said Nancy Lineman, DHR spokeswoman. She declined to comment further about the employee, stating that this was…
Category: Breach Incidents
(follow-up) Ex-staffer pleads guilty to massive T-Mobile data scam
Chris Williams reports: A former T-Mobile employee has admitted his role in the illegal sale of massive volumes of customer data to marketers. David Turley, of Birmingham, 39, pleaded guilty to 18 charges under section 55 of the Data Protection Act at Chester Crown Court on Thursday. He is yet to be sentenced. […] The…
AU: Bolton loses his battle for Bottle
A costly consequence of security breaches. Ben Butler reports: Corporate raider Nicholas Bolton has lost his legal battle with internet domain-name regulator auDA over a security breach at his domain-name business. On Monday, auDa will take over about 10,000 customers who registered domain names through Mr Bolton’s company, Australian Style. The transfer can go ahead…
NZ: I know what you ate last summer
Patrick Gray writes: The online customer database of a New Zealand-headquartered pizza store chain has been compromised. Risky.Biz understands multiple intruders have compromised Hell Pizza’s 400mb database. While it does not contain any credit card information, it does contain in excess of 230,000 rows of customer entries. The company operates 64 stores in New Zealand,…
NZ: Hell – The Right Approach to a Data Breach
BarneyC writes: There are any number of approaches to data breaches in business today. Whilst regulation is ever trying to get to the point where notification of breach is mandatory there are still plenty of businesses out there who will go to all sorts of lengths to sweep things under the carpet rather than own…
Se: Card-skimming devices found at H&M stores
Several H&M stores in Sweden have discovered so-called skimming devices on their card readers in Linköping, Täby, Löddeköpinge and Malmö. The stores have since made police reports. On Wednesday morning, staff discovered a skimming device on the card reader at one of the counters at the store in the Mobilia mall in Malmö. Anyone who…