Cross-posted from phiprivacy.net: At least some members of Congress are not happy with the response to a letter they sent TRICARE following the theft of backup tapes from the unattended vehicle of an employee of their contractor, SAIC. The tapes contained information on approximately 5 million military beneficiaries and their dependents. Although TRICARE’s response was not disclosed publicly, Rep. Ed…
Category: Breach Incidents
4,056 Claimed Freemasons personal details Leaked By .c0mrade
.c0mrade has just leaked a list of over 4000 personal which is said to be of freemasons. In the leak comes a short message which gives a short insight in to the reasons behind this attack. Hello, Wastemen. The primary reason for this intrusion was to expose Freemasonry. If you take a quick glimpse at…
Penn Station, Inc. and its Franchisees Alert Customers of Credit/Debit Card Security Issues
Ruh oh. Penn Station, Inc. and some of its franchisees have announced that they have learned of unauthorized access to credit and debit card information in certain franchisee-owned Penn Station East Coast Subs restaurants. Less than 20 percent of Penn Station’s more than 235 restaurants have been identified as potentially affected to date. “We want…
A Six-Figure Credit Breach at Five Guys (updated)
I hate it when we only find out about data breaches from lawsuits, but at least we find out. Marlene Kennedy of Courthouse News reports: Five Guys burger joints failed to safeguard their data, giving hackers access to the accounts of debit-card-paying customers, a bank claims in court. Trustco Bank says the hackers racked up…
NHS Trust fined £325,000 following data breach; Trust “frankly surprised” at fine and intends to appeal
Back in January, I noted that the ICO was preparing to levy a huge fine on Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust after hard drives with patient data were stolen and put up for sale on eBay. We later learned that the thief was an employee of a contractor. The possibility of the fine was revealed by the…
Montreal F1 ticket-holders Details Leaked After Recent Anonymous Hack
content/images/gallery/random3/198496filecanadagp.png Well this was bound to happen, few weeks ago we seen the f1 come under fire for one of the first times by hackers and now they have been hit yet again leaving 131 people who purchased tickets in Montreal exposed. The leak comes from anonymous hacktivist and was published via pastehtml with the following message which is…