Deborah Sherman reports: When Brandon Michael rolled up a storage-unit door in Denver on New Year’s Day to sort through the contents he had just purchased at an auction, the young man expected to find the usual items he could later sell on Craigslist or eBay: tools, laptops and furniture. Instead, Michael discovered boxes, filing…
Category: Breach Incidents
IE: Financial details of 1,200 Airtricity customers posted on firm’s website
John Burke reports: The personal and financial details of almost 1,200 customers of green energy firm Airtricity were posted on the company’s website for six weeks, The Sunday Business Post has learned. The Data Protection Commissioner, Billy Hawkes, has launched an investigation into the incident, which occurred in late November but was only accidentally spotted…
NC: Some CFCC students’ credit cards have been exposed
Another payment processor reported a breach this week…. People who paid Cape Fear Community College with a credit or debit card might have had their card numbers exposed, said Camellia Rice, vice president of business services at CFCC. The payment company which processes debit and credit card payments for CFCC announced Wednesday that its system…
UK: 17,000 asylum seekers’ files lost
Rajeev Sayal reports: More than 17,000 files containing the personal details of refugees and their families have been lost by the government, plunging the asylum system into chaos. The names, dates of birth, passport numbers and addresses of people applying to stay in Britain as well as details of their children are believed to be…
TX: Identity thieves hit 3 S.A. hotels
Guillermo Contreras reports: The personal information of 17,000 people who stayed at San Antonio hotels has been compromised after someone stole stacks of credit card receipts and redistributed them. The still mushrooming identity-theft case is thought to be San Antonio’s largest. “Up to this point, we have recovered 1,500 (receipts), but we’re estimating 17,000 were…
IN: HoneyBaked Ham customer data stolen
Erika D. Smith reports: Patrons of the HoneyBaked Ham store at 65th Street and Keystone Avenue might be at risk for identity theft if they shopped there in late December. The company said Friday that a computer server stocked with credit-card information was stolen from the 2431 E. 65th St. store on Dec. 24. The…