Kid #1 came in last night and threw the letter down on my desk in disgust. For the second time since June, Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh had notified him that his debit card was being replaced due to a breach and that he would have to personally come in to the bank to activate…
Category: Breach Incidents
Huge bank card scam hits Bermuda
How curious…. Canadian Tire had told me that 2% of their customers’s cards had been misused as a result of the Heartland Payment Systems breach. Now another non-US entity mentions 2%. Have we gotten reports from any UK banks yet? Hundreds of debit and credit card customers in Bermuda have been dragged into one of…
Confidential LAPD misconduct files mistakenly posted on Internet
Joel Rubin reports: The Los Angeles Police Commission violated its own strict privacy policy — and perhaps state law — on Friday, releasing a confidential report on the Internet that contained the names of hundreds of officers accused of racial profiling and other misconduct. The blunder, which police officials attributed to a clerical error, marks…
WI: DOC Electric employees’ personal data auctioned off
The Wisconsin Office of Privacy Protection has posted notice of a breach that occurred on January 15, 2009 when DOC Electric assets were auctioned off by M&I Bank and a local auction house. Apparently the computers and file cabinets contained personal information on DOC Electric employees who were employed from the start of the business…
Kohl’s Cashier Accused Of Customer Credit Card Fraud
Kohl’s is reimbursing two customers after learning an employee illegally used customer credit cards to buy gift cards. Source – CFNews
WA: Student finds ‘back door’ in YCS program
Megan Hansen reports: Yelm Community Schools shut down its computer account system Skyward after a student discovered a potential security breach. “A student showed us a back door,” said Director of Technology Dennis Wallace. “We immediately shut down access to Skyward.” Skyward is a computer account system that the school, students and parents can access…