Emma WestRasmus reports: “What was the name of your first pet? What’s your favorite color? What’s your mother’s maiden name?” We all know the drill. Whenever we start a new account we are prompted for answers to challenge questions that will surely be easy to remember. But for more than two dozen students at the…
Category: Breach Incidents
Judge Dismisses Much of PlayStation Hacking Suit
Lucille Scott reports that a federal judge has thrown out much of the potential class action lawsuit by PlayStation users who say that the Sony security breach exposed more than 69 million personal and credit card accounts to theft. Scott reports: The 36-page order dismisses several claims such as negligence, unjust enrichment, bailment and violations of…
More on the Great River Entertainment breach
Last month I reported on a breach involving a Great River Entertainment facility. Great River notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the breach on October 1, but the timeline is somewhat disturbing: 1. In November 2011, they were informed that guests were experiencing fraud on cards used there. 2. On or about March…
VA Computers Remain Unencrypted, Years After Breach
Patience Wait reports: Following a high-profile data breach six years ago, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spent almost $6 million on encryption software for its PCs and laptops. But an investigation by the department’s inspector general determined that the encryption software has been installed on only 16% of its computers. Read more on InformationWeek….
Former UJA Federation employee sentenced for role in massive fraud ring
Following up on one of 55 individuals involved a insider fraud ring, one of those involved – an employee at UJA Federation who was charged in December 2011- has been sentenced to at least six years in prison for her role in the scheme. You can read more on The New York Post. At the…
NZ: Ministry of Justice shuts down kiosks
In the aftermath of the WINZ breach, the NZ government has been reviewing all its systems. In the process, they discovered that the Ministry of Justice kiosks had a similar issue as the MSD Work and Income kiosks. The New Zealand Herald reports: The affected kiosks included three computers at the ministry’s national office, which…