Garbage bags full of people’s personal information, such as copies of driver’s licenses and social security numbers, dumped on the side of the road. The papers appear to come from Rock Bottom Auto Sales on State Route 52. Read more on TBO.
Category: Breach Incidents
Secret Service under investigation over loss of sensitive files on Metro
Jana Winter of Fox News reports that the Secret Service – the agency that is often involved in investigations of data breaches – had its own breach back in 2008 that is now (finally?) under investigation: The Secret Service is the target of an investigation into an “immense breach” involving the loss of two backup computer…
UK: Bank employee fined for snooping in partner’s ex-wife’s banks statements
A Barclays employee who snooped in her partner’s ex-wife’s bank statements pleaded guilty in court to 11 offenses under section 55 of the Data Protection Act. The Information Commissioner’s Office reports she was fined £500 by Derby Crown Court and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £1,410.80 prosecution costs.
NYC: 7 Indicted In Credit Card Fraud Scheme At Midtown Parking Garage
CBS News reports: Seven people were indicted Wednesday on charges of stealing credit card information from customers at the Midtown parking garage. The defendants were accused of using credit card-skimming devices to steal account information from the Eastway Tenant Parking Garage on West 49th Street, and creating counterfeit cards to buy Apple products at the…
WINZ privacy breach reports cost almost $500k
Katie Bradford-Crozier reports that two reports into the privacy breach at the Work and Income kiosks cost nearly half a million dollars. Read more on NewstalkZB.
IE: Investigation into possible data breach at 02
Irish mobile phone carrier O2 may have had a breach involving customer data. Or not. It seems they’re not really sure what was on a missing backup tape. And I’m not sure I understand why they first told this summer that a tape went missing in September 2011. And of course I’m not sure I…