Teresa Woodard reports: Thousands of documents containing personal, confidential information were discovered in a North St. Louis dumpster. It is the kind of data that could lead to hundreds, if not thousands of cases of identity theft. But there’s no way to know how it got there, or who put it there. […] “I got…
Category: Breach Incidents
(RBS follow-up) Ex-cop admits role in $4.2m ATM heist
Patsy Moy reports: Two Hong Kong men using fake bank cards produced by US-based hackers withdrew HK$4.2 million [USD $541,024.47 — Dissent] from various ATM machines in less than eight hours, the District Court heard yesterday. Cheung Hoi-wing, 40, a transport worker and former police officer, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy after admitting…
Hacked US Treasury websites serve visitors malware
Dan Goodin reports: Websites operated by the US Treasury Department are redirecting visitors to websites that attempt to install malware on their PCs, a security researcher warned on Monday. The infection buries an invisible iframe in bep.treas.gov, moneyfactory.gov, and bep.gov that invokes malicious scripts from grepad.com, Roger Thompson, chief research officer of AVG Technologies, told…
Insurer rejects claims related to stolen U. medical records
Brian Maffly reports: A Colorado insurance company contends it is not obligated to cover astronomical costs incurred by the University of Utah in 2008 after car burglars stole medical billings records filed with sensitive personal information on 1.7 million patients. U. officials want Perpetual Storage to reimburse the university more than $3.3 million. That’s how…
[CORRECTION] Stolen computer from St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare affects 22,012
One that I missed from OCR’s web site during my last update from that site: St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare State: California Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 22,012 Date of Breach: 3/06/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Desktop Computer Thanks to ITRC for pointing out my omission. As of the date of this…
MN: Bemidji med center’s online bill-pay service apparently hacked
Bethany Wesley reports: North Country Health Services’ online bill-paying function was apparently hacked into on April 18, compromising the security of 349 customers’ credit card and debit card accounts. NCHS is sending letters to all those who could be affected by the breach, said Joy Johnson, NCHS vice president for marketing and business development. The…