Sean Sposito reports: In a case that could serve as a warning to other banks that contribute customer data to public storehouses, Citigroup this week acknowledged that it failed to safeguard the personal information — Social Security numbers, birth dates and other sensitive data — of nearly 150,000 consumers who went into bankruptcy between 2007…
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Quayside breach update
It seems that the breach notification letter received by residents of New Hampshire may have contained more information than the letter received by Vermont residents. In a letter dated June 21 (the same date as the letter quoted here), Quayside added a statement that there were 639 orders affecting 532 customers, from all areas combined,…
WA: Friends In Service to Humanity (FISH) food bank computer stolen during working hours
Andy Matarrese reports: An almost-new computer was stolen from the FISH food bank on Water Street on Tuesday afternoon, according to staff. Roger McCune, the food bank’s executive director, said staff members and volunteers were downstairs with two or three families who were getting food when the computer was taken from the building’s offices upstairs…
Congress aides warned of email login security breach after @OpLastResort tweets notice of hack
While many of us were watching the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on FISA, @OpLastResort tweeted: While the House Judiciary Committee held #FISAOversight hearings today, we’ve been doing some oversight of the House pic.twitter.com/obWimEBjTf — OpLastResort (@OpLastResort) July 17, 2013 Today, Richard Cowan reports: Congressional aides in the Senate and House of Representatives said on…
18,000 Social Security numbers printed on outside of U.Va. student mailings
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: The Social Security numbers of 18,700 University of Virginia students appeared on the address labels of health insurance brochures mailed across the country in the latest in a string of breaches at the state’s flagship university. Read more on their site.
TN: Another hack involving a restaurant
WBIR reports: Local and federal investigators are looking into who stole credit card information from several customers at a Farragut restaurant. Workers with Wild Wing Cafe say a hacker broke through their system and stole credit card numbers. They say it only affected a small number of customers who were in the restaurant last week….