Three HSBC firms have been fined more than £3m for failing to adequately protect customers’ confidential details from being lost or stolen. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said customer data had been lost in the post on two occasions. The firms concerned are HSBC Life UK, HSBC Actuaries and Consultants, and HSBC Insurance Brokers. […]…
Category: Breach Incidents
Stolen laptop “may have” held customer data
On July 8, a laptop that may have contained some customer information such as names and credit card numbers was stolen from an employee of Henry Schein, Inc. Although the laptop was password protected, the data were not encrypted. By letter dated July 16 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Kristen J. Mathews of …
More charges filed against computer fraud suspect
Martin Robinson Bowling, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced (pdf) to three years in prison for computer fraud in November 2008, is now facing embezzlement and identity theft charges. Bowling, whose sentence had been reduced to probation, is one of five people charged in unrelated id theft charges. According to a news story filed by…
Box of personal information found in Executive Inn Rivermont
With Owensboro’s Executive Inn Rivermont about to be demolished, it has been open for the past month for people to walk through as the city tries to sell the contents. But the Messenger-Inquirer reports a group of women looking at items for sale stumbled on a box that contained employee records, including Social Security numbers…
Anger over Internet job blunder
A couple have spoken of their anger after confidential job application details were published on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s website by mistake. […] The list has been taken down and measures put in place to stop the mistake from happening again. Mr Curtis added: “We have worked with, and taken advice from, the Information…
Deutsche Bank may face prosecutor’s probe
Prosecutors are examining whether to launch a criminal investigation of possible breaches of data security at Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE), the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Separately, Deutsche Bank also said it had been informed by the Darmstadt regional council that data security rules were breached in two instances. The Darmstadt authorities had asked…