Jacque Masse reports on another breach that is linked to Innovak: Some Lamar County School District employees’ had their personal information compromised after an employee portal experienced a data breach. According to Lamar County Superintendent Tess Smith, the district uses a company called INNOVAK that allows staff to access their pay stubs and W2s through the…
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Lessons from the Olympus Mortgage vs. Guaranteed Rate Case
Craig Nazarro of Baker Donelson writes about an insider breach case previously covered on this blog: Late last month a jury awarded Mount Olympus Mortgage Company (MOMC) more than $25 million for their claims against Guaranteed Rate (Guaranteed), which alleged Guaranteed along with other former employees of MOMC illegally transferred hundreds of loan files from…
‘Inadvertent’ cyber breach hits 44,000 FDIC customers
Joe Davidson reports: In yet another example of fragile security in federal cyber systems, data for 44,000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. customers was breached by an employee leaving the agency. The breach occurred in February and was outlined in an internal FDIC memorandum obtained by The Washington Post. The March 18 memo from Lawrence Gross Jr.,…
Sweden Military Servers Hacked, Used in 2013 Attack on US Banks
Sometimes it takes years before we find out more details about a particular attack. On Friday, AFP reported that the source of months-long DDoS attacks on U.S. banks in 2012-2013 were compromised Swedish military computers that were used to launch the attacks. An Iranian hacktivist group had claimed responsibility for the attacks. Speaking to AFP, military…
Whiting-Turner notifies employees of potential breach at vendor
A Whiting-Turner vendor seems to have had a breach, although the nature of the breach or numbers affected are not clear. From WT’s notification template: Whiting-Turner is writing to inform you of a recent event that may affect the security of your child’s personal information. We are providing this notice to provide you, the parent/guardian, with…
IA: Private student documents found at recycling center
Holly Hines reports: Documents found at an Iowa City recycling center last month contain personal information about local elementary school students, including their names, addresses and parents’ names. Antonio Montoya, a 22-year-old Iowa State University student, said he visited City Carton Recycling on March 19 and noticed a pile of Grant Wood Elementary students’ Individualized Education Program documents, which detail…