Cynthia Brumfield reports: On January 6, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update its data breach reporting rules for telecommunications carriers. “The law requires carriers to protect sensitive consumer information but, given the increase in frequency, sophistication, and scale of data leaks, we must update our rules to…
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NCB Management breach affected almost 500,000 former Bank of America credit card holders
NCB Management is an “accounts receivable management company.” In this case, that means collections. According to NCB’s March 24 letter, NCB discovered on February 4 that an unauthorized party gained access to their systems on February 1, 2023. They confirmed on March 8 that some information on consumers’ Bank of America past-due credit card accounts…
KFC & Pizza Hut Discloses Data Breach – Users Personal Information Stolen
Guru reports: Yum! Brands, Inc., which runs the restaurants KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, submitted a notice of security breach to warn of a cybersecurity incident affecting individuals’ personal information that happened in mid-January 2023. Although some data had been taken from the company’s network, the company had previously claimed…
New Jersey county police department confirms ransomware attack, unrelated to attack on prosecutor’s office
Jonathan Greig reports: The police department in Camden County, New Jersey confirmed that it was hit with a ransomware attack last month and is still investigating the incident. A spokesperson for the department — which serves the county’s 523,000 residents — told Recorded Future News that the ransomware attack took place on March 13. Camden…
Stroud Area Regional Police Department Notification of Data Security Incident
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Stroud Area Regional Police Department (“SARPD”) announced today that it has taken action after learning of a data security incident which may have impacted certain individuals’ personal information. SARPD began providing notice to all potentially impacted individuals on April 10, 2023. What Happened? On June 29, 2022, SARPD became aware…
Data breach at Elmbrook School District exposed personal information about former and current employees
Alec Johnson reports: A breach that exposed the names and Social Security numbers of current and former Elmbrook School District employees continued even after the district was aware of the problem. The district learned its system had been compromised on Aug. 23, 2022, according to Elmbrook School Chief Strategy Officer Chris Thompson. Files were removed…