Kyle Slavin reports: Stolen information affecting the bank accounts of thousands of people would never have ended up in the hands of thieves if an existing policy was followed at the University of Victoria. Before assigning blame, the school wants to wait for two reviews looking into whether an employee failed to follow policy by…
Category: Breach Incidents
Grindr Hack Leaves Hundreds of Thousands Exposed
Sara Yin reports: A man in Syndey hacked into the popular gay “hookup” app Grindr, leaving the personal information of hundreds of thousands of members vulnerable. Grindr CEO Joel Simkhai acknowledged the breach on Twitter and has been “reassuring” users that an app update will be released “in a few days.” No further details have…
Ca: Edmonton public schools blasted over memory stick loss
CBC News reports: Edmonton Public School District did not follow its own policy in the loss of memory stick containing personal information of more than 7,500 employees, says the Alberta privacy commissioner. An investigation by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found information on the USB memory stick was no protected by a…
MA: Retailer says it could have been hit by card info breach
Trevor Jones reports: Ward’s Nursery & Garden Center may be one of the businesses at the center of a security breach resulting in fraudulent purchases this month made with dozens of locals’ credit and debit cards. Gregory Ward, co-owner of the South Main Street store, said his company was contacted by a bank regarding the…
Veterans’ personal information accidentally posted on Ancestry.com
Leo Shane III reports: More than 2,200 veterans had their personal information accidentally posted on the genealogy website Ancestry.com last year, a move that could potentially expose them to identify theft crimes. Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs said all of the veterans affected by the mistake will receive free credit monitoring services to…
DreamHost forces Shell/FTP password reset following “security issue”
From DreamHost’s status blog: Last night we detected some unauthorized activity within one of our databases. While we don’t have evidence that customer passwords were taken at this time, we’re forcing a change out of caution. Please login to our web panel and change any passwords you may have with us. We’ll keep this post…