There’s an update to a breach reported previously on this blog. Nichole Dobo reports: The University of Delaware has concluded a review of how many were exposed in a data breach last month, and it determined an additional 2,000 individuals who received payment from the university were also affected. This brings the total number of…
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Montana non-profit warns of possible security breach after Missoula break-in
Dennis Bragg reports: Leaders of the Hospice Care Foundation are warning their clients and donors to be watching for a possible security breach, after thieves steal a laptop during an office break-in. […] The stolen laptop is password protected, but contained some records pertaining to donations, and an upcoming fundraising event. The foundation is working…
Outbrain takes recommendation widget service offline after breach compromises Washington Post, others
Outbrain disabled its content recommendation service after a security breach compromised the websites of several prominent clients. The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has taken credit for the attack, which is believed to have affected the Washington Post, Time, CNN, and the New York Times. Read more on TheNextWeb.
When applying for a job = applying to become an ID theft victim
Holding a fake jobs fair to steal people’s identity information may have seemed like a great idea to a Texas man – until he got caught.
ADP coding error exposed McKesson employees’ SSN and wages (updated to include statement from ADP)
Add McKesson to those affected by a breach involving ADP that was disclosed in June. The breach also affected employees of the city of Houston and US Airways, as reported previously on this blog. On August 9, McKesson notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that it was sending out notifications to some of their employees…
Helicopter training academy notifies former attendees of breach (updated)
Add Bell Helicopter’s Training Academy to those reporting breaches this month. The Forth Worth- based business learned in July that some former attendees had received spam e-mails that appeared to originate from them. On investigation, they discovered that someone had obtained information from an older database that contained email addresses and credit card numbers of…