President Truman had a sign on his desk that said, “The buck stops here.” We could use more of that accountability when it comes to data breaches in the education sector. Back in 2006, when I first began blogging about data breaches on PogoWasRight.org, I covered a series of breaches at Ohio University. One of the things that…
Category: Breach Incidents
FL: Fast-food customers victimized by ID theft, Coral Springs police say
Another case of a McDonald’s employee using a skimmer to swipe customers’ payment card data. Erika Pesantes reports that the employee was recruited via social media, and the recruiter was nabbed via social media: Police say a North Lauderdale man used social media to recruit the restaurant worker to steal financial information using a skimming device. Adrian…
FL: Hollywood Man Pleads Guilty In Million Dollar Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Judes Celestin, 36, of Hollywood, pled guilty for his role in an identity theft tax refund scheme that resulted in the receipt of approximately $1 million in…
KR: Sanctioned card firms to resume operation this week, but suspension really cost them
Yonhap News Agency reports that although financial regulators are about to lift the 3-month suspension for new sign-ups they imposed on three credit card firms over data breaches, the suspension cost the firms a combined $117,000,000.00 and may cost their top executives their jobs: According to the officials, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will lift…
France’s Orange says telecom’s client data stolen – again
In February, I noted a breach involving 800,000 Orange customers that occurred in January. Now Reuters reports: French telecoms group Orange said around 1.3 million subscribers or potential subscribers fell victim to a theft of personal data, including telephone numbers, dates of birth and email addresses, last month. […] In mid-April, hackers accessed a software…
Wyndham faces more litigation over breaches – this time, from shareholders
The FTC’s lawsuit against Wyndham over three data breaches didn’t go unnoticed by Wyndham’s shareholders, one of whom, Dennis Palkon, recently filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and its executives in federal court in New Jersey. I’ve uploaded the lawsuit here (pdf, 8.4MB, 86 pp.). The redactions are in the court filing, and…