Jeanne Price reports: Customers of TotalBank in southern Florida can expect an unwelcome letter in the mail following a compromise of the institution’s computer network. So far, details of the data breach are sketchy but the intrusion into their system appears extensive. “We recently discovered that an unauthorized individual obtained access to our computer network. Based on…
Category: Breach Incidents
UK: Fine for car rental manager who sold customer details to claims company
A former rogue manager at a Merseyside branch of the car rental company Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after unlawfully stealing the records of almost two thousand customers before selling them to a claims management company. Appearing at Wirral Magistrates Court today, 29 year-old Stephen Siddell was prosecuted under…
Oakland schools warn of security breach impacting workers
KTVU reports: Officials at Oakland schools are warning of a security breach involving social security numbers. The superintendent emailed parents and staff Friday that five employees had their identities compromised. The employees were painters, carpenters and others who work for the buildings and grounds. Read more on KTVU.
UIC warns of possible data breach; business, accounting students at risk
Some former University of Illinois Chicago students were warned last week of a breach that left personal information, including Social Security numbers, publicly accessible. A website security breach made two College of Business Administration documents from the 2002 spring semester accessible — a roster from a Special Topics in Accounting course and an advising list…
No likely data breach from reported Chinese hacking: US
AFP reports: The personal data of thousands of U.S. government workers was not compromised in a recently reported cyber attack, officials said Thursday amid fresh allegations that Chinese hackers accessed computers housing employee information. The Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Homeland Security took steps to mitigate the possible breach as soon as…
SC: OCtech laptop with student data stolen
Dale Linder-Altman reports: A laptop containing student and employee information was stolen from an Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College staff member’s office on Monday. The computer contained files with the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of about 20,000 former and current students and faculty members dating back six or seven years, according to President Dr….