Another POS hack in the hospitality industry. From their press release: Officials of The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites which is independently owned by Today’s IV, Inc. and operated by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc. under a license issued by Westin Hotel Management, L.P. announced that the hotel’s four restaurants—Lake View Bistro, Lobby Court Bar,…
Category: Breach Incidents
NMSU acts to address limited 2006 exposure of student personal data
Amanda L. Husson reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 300 New Mexico State University students were inadvertently leaked through file-sharing software last fall, the university revealed Wednesday. Letters were mailed to the affected students last week. Shaun Cooper, NMSU associate vice president and chief information officer, said the risk of identity theft…
Hancock Fabrics confirms skimmers found in some stores
Hancock Fabrics today confirmed what had been reported in the media back in October and November of 2009: customers in a number of states had their debit and credit card data stolen by skimmers in some of the stores. The data theft occurred during the period of August-September, 2009, but reports of fraud did not…
(update) Argos credit-card scandal worsens
Fresh doubts have been raised over the online security of high street retailer Argos, following a PC Pro investigation. Yesterday, we revealed that Argos was sending customers’ unencrypted credit-card numbers and security codes in order confirmation emails, potentially exposing them to online fraud. Now it’s emerged that those very same confirmation emails contain a web…
Patient data stolen from WFUBMC employee’s car
A bag containing a document with the names and Social Security numbers of 554 patients of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center was stolen from an employee’s locked car, medical center officials said today. The theft happened Feb. 15 in the parking deck of an off-campus outpatient clinic, officials said. The list did not include…
(follow-up) Can he claim incompetent counsel?
Brett Matteson Jr., who represented himself when he was on trial for ID theft, was sentenced today to 37 years and 8 months in prison. He had been convicted of 48 counts of identity theft, 48 counts of unlawfully getting credit-card information and nine counts of making fake driver’s licenses. Matteson allegedly took advantage of…