Gitte Laasby reports: Marquette University has suffered a potential data breach because of a technical glitch that allowed anyone with Marquette login credentials access to personal information on people’s graduate school applications kept on an internal server. The accessible information includes Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, test scores and financial information, Marquette University…
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HI: Records on prison gang trial were stolen, attorney says
Rob Shikina reports: A day after a binder containing sensitive court documents for a prison gang trial was found at a downtown restaurant, the attorney who owns the binder said someone stole it from him at the federal courthouse. Read more on Star Advertiser (subscription required).
NYS Attorney General Schneiderman Announces Multi-state Settlement With TD Bank Over Lost Backup Tapes
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a multi-state settlement with TD Bank, N.A. that resolves an inquiry into a 2012 data breach in which 1.4 million files were compromised. The $850,000 settlement requires the bank to reform its practices to help ensure that future incidents do not occur. New York State will receive $114,106.11…
TN: Algood firefighters personal information compromised
Laura Militana reports: The first work session for Algood’s new mayor and council member turned out to be a busy one as council members discussed a troubling discovery. More than a month ago, Mayor Scott Bilbrey informed city administrator Keith Morrison about a potential problem involving identity theft, compromising the personal information of the city’s…
Cyberswim notifying online customers of breach at web host (UPDATED)
Uh oh. Any consumer notification template that reports a breach due to malware injection on the web host’s server and/or includes [INSERT SITE NAME HERE] doesn’t bode well, especially when the compromise lasted for more than three months before being detected. See Cyberswim‘s template notification letter, here (pdf). I don’t see any notification on their web site…
Did MCCCD leadership shut their eyes to a database security assessment for plausible deniability in litigation?
A former Maricopa County Community College District employee alleges executive leadership closed their eyes to a report on their database security conducted after their massive data breach in 2013 so they would have plausible deniability in any litigation. As a result, the employee alleges, the findings were never shared with those tasked with securing MCCCD’s data assets. In November…