It seems that now all of the local media have picked up the story and are reporting on local banks and credit unions. Given the extent of the breach, listing each story as a separate post is unwarranted, but here’s a roundup of stories over the past few days: Another area credit union impacted by…
Category: Breach Incidents
Monster.com Reports Theft of User Data
Deja vu all over again… Nancy Gohring of IDG News Service reports: Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen from its database. The break-in comes just as the swelling ranks of the unemployed are turning to sites like Monster.com to look for…
Men Plead Guilty In Metro Election Commission Laptop Theft
Robert Osbourne, Randall Cheek and Brent Rucker pled guilty today to the Christmas Eve 2007 theft of a laptop computer from Metro Election Commission. The laptop contained personal information on every registered voter in Davidson County. Osbourne was sentenced to three years in prison, while the other two men were sentenced to two years’ probation….
Suspect identified in Heartland Payment Systems breach
Evan Schuman at Storefront Backtalk is reporting that the Secret Service has identified an overseas suspect in the Heartland Payment Systems breach. Evan also has some other updated info on the breach: The processor first learned of the breach (when alerted by Visa and Mastercard) in late October/early November, said Heartland spokesman Jason Maloni. Previously,…
Patient data stolen in Japan
Ten patients’ personal information has been lost after a sales vehicle containing a set of documents was stolen from a car park. Details of the physicians looking after the patients are also missing, along with the name, date of birth, age, gender, blood test data and questionnaire sheets detailing reactions to medications of the people…
Six month exposure window on Heartland breach?
According to a CBS news report, Platte Valley Bank issued the following release today: The VISA Fraud Control & Investigations has been notified of a confirmed network intrusion that has put VISA account numbers at risk. Platte Valley Bank received a VISA Alert Wednesday, January 21, 2009. As of Thursday morning, January 22nd, 388 of…