Ke Jiayun provides more details on part of a recent crackdown and arrests for sale of personal information. Here’s an example of how the data were misused to scam people: A suspected information seller, surnamed Li, was held in Anxi County in Fujian Province over a telecom scam operation. Parents in Songjiang District told police…
Category: Breach Incidents
ACC staffer faces inquiry after clients’ records stolen
As if ACC hadn’t gotten enough bad press over previous breaches, it’s had another one. Anna Turner reports: The personal details of dozens of Christchurch ACC claimants have been leaked after a staff member’s home was burgled. ACC confirmed yesterday that the home of a Christchurch ACC case manager was broken into on Saturday, August…
Income and Capital Growth Strategies notifies clients after hack
Income and Capital Growth Strategies Inc. is notifying clients of a hack that occurred between July 12 and July 15 of this year. The breach was discovered on July 15. In their notification letter dated August 8, Doug Thorburn, the principal of the firm, writes: We have recently discovered unauthorized access to our computer network…
WA: Months after they learned of Vendini breach, Edmonds Center for the Arts first notifying customers
Notification delayed: In an email sent to more than 13,000 customers Monday, the Edmonds Center for the Arts warned that hackers earlier this spring had broken into the computer databases of Vendini, Inc, the ECA’s online ticket sales agent — raising the possibility that individual credit card information might have been compromised. ECA Executive Director…
Serious Farce Office: SFO suffers biggest-ever criminal data breach
James Moore reports: The Serious Fraud Office is engulfed by a new scandal after it admitted that thousands of pages of evidence as well as tapes and data files from 58 separate sources were sent back to the wrong owner. The enormous volume of evidence related to its long-running corruption investigation into defence giant BAE…
OR: Computer virus blamed for Sandy credit card fraud cases
KATU reports: The reason for why about 30 people had their credit card and debit card numbers stolen in sandy: A computer malware or virus apparently infected a local merchant’s computer, police say. Investigators believe the business is Sandy’s Dairy Queen, but are still looking into other potential compromised businesses, such as the Fred Meyer…