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Lord of the Rings Online forum database hacked

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dissent

Announcement on Lord of the Rings Online Forum: Turbine recommend that all players change their passwords by visiting https://myaccount.turbine.com. Please remember to use unique, hard-to guess passwords that are not associated with other online services or sites. The FAQ on the incident, undated, says that, “Recently, we became aware of a compromise of the LOTRO…

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AdvancePierre Foods sends unencrypted employee 401k data on flash drive that gets lost in the mail

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dissent

Through their attorneys, AdvancePierre Foods recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a flash drive containing unencrypted personal information of its employees had been lost in the U.S. mail. The October 6 letter indicated that on September 8, the firm had sent the flash drive to its  401k provider, Milliman. The envelope arrived on…

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FL: Wells Fargo Customers Got Someone Else’s Financial Information (update 2)

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dissent

Mike Lyons reports that a mailing error by Wells Fargo in Florida exposed customers’ bank account information to each other. Social Security numbers were not involved, but bank account numbers, balances, and transactions were. Ugh. Update:  This may be a regional or national problem, as other parts of the country are also reporting complaints from…

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UK: Probe at Edge Hill University after student data breach

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dissent

Rob Pattinson reports: A (sic) investigation has been launched after personal details of nearly 800 Edge Hill University students were sent out in an email. The email, sent by a university staff member to 53 students, mistakenly contained 798 other students’ addresses, email addresses, course enrolment details and student network passwords. The university told the…

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In the wake of really bad press, First State Super walks back its threats against researcher

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dissent

Some updates to the First State Superannuation breach reported previously: 1.  First State will not be taking legal action against Patrick Webster, the customer and IT security expert who alerted them to the breach. 2.  The Australian Privacy Commissioner will investigate the breach. 3.  On October 19, First State issued a statement linked from their home…

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UK: Housing group emailed workers’ details to wrong address

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Dissent

As a follow-up to a breach previously reported on this site,  the Information Commissioner’s Office found that a private housing group breached the Data Protection Act by sending the personal data of 200 employees to the wrong email address. In March of this year, an employee of Spectrum Housing Group accidentally emailed a non-secure excel…

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