Customers who ordered from one of Quayside Publishing‘s web sites since the end of April recently received a notice of a breach that was reported to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office: We are writing to notify you of an incident that involved unauthorized access to our web server in which your personal information, including your…
Category: Breach Incidents
Confidential Hertfordshire County Council papers ‘found in street’
From BBC: A council has apologised after papers holding personal staff details were found discarded in a street. Liberal Democrat councillor Paul Zukowskyj said he saw Hertfordshire County Council documents outside a former adult care office in Hatfield. Derrick Ashley, cabinet member for resources, said the council apologised and would investigate how it happened. Mr…
MAPCO Express sued over data breach
Another potential class-action lawsuit has been filed in response to the MAPCO Express breach, reported previously on this blog. The suit also names the convenience chain’s parent company, Delek U.S. Holdings Inc., as defendants. Read more on Tuscaloosa News. The complaint by Ian Yeager was filed on June 17, and an amended complaint (uploaded here)…
Vendini breach update
As I’ve noted before, the Vendini breach, reported previously on this blog, appears to fairly large, but has generally flown under national mainstream media attention. Instead, I see bits and pieces in local media or on organizations’ web sites as entities report that their patrons or members were affected (cf, reports involving Purple Rose Theatre,…
Ubisoft notifies UPlay users to change passwords following breach
Ubisoft has posted an announcement on their site today: Hello All, We recently found that one of our Web sites was exploited to gain unauthorized access to some of our online systems. We instantly took steps to close off this access, to begin a thorough investigation with relevant authorities, internal and external security experts, and…
Manaseer Group Hacked, Administrator Details Leaked
A business group going by the name of Manaseer Group has been hacked and had a small amount of administrator details leaked.> Today, the Manaseer Group comprises of 13 subsidiary companies that effectively cover a wide range of sectors such as food industries, gas and lubricants distribution, industrial chemicals, fertilizer manufacturing, international trading, warehousing services, scrap recycling and…