Lynsi Burton reports that Burlington, Washington lost $400,000 to hackers who transferred city funds over a two-day period to various accounts around the country. City workers were also notified that their direct deposit bank account information was compromised and that they should cancel or red flag their accounts. The city’s bank account with Bank of…
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Korn/Ferry breach details emerge
Thanks to the California Attorney General’s Office, we now have some of the details on the Korn/Ferry breach, reported yesterday on this blog. Korn/Ferry is an executive recruiting firm. In their sample notification, Thom Steinoff, CTO, writes: We are writing to inform you about a recent incident involving our data network. We recently learned that…
NJ: Credit card info of more than 100 customers stolen from North Bergen car transport business
Anthony J. Machcinski reports: …. Owners of AutoCarry, a car transport business that has an office on 4250 West Side Avenue, reported that burglars broke into the office and stole the records of more than 100 customers Wednesday night, police said. Owners told police that the stolen documents contained credit card numbers, addresses and other…
TD Bank: Data loss affects about 260,000 U.S. customers
Jessica Hall continues to update the TD Bank backup tapes breach: In Maine, 34,907 residents were affected, according to a letter sent to the attorney general from TD Bank. In Massachusetts, the Attorney General’s Office said more than 73,000 residents were affected. In Connecticut, 35,000 residents were affected, while Rhode Island had 500 residents and Maryland…
Almost 280,000 to be notified of hack at Northwest Florida State College; ID theft reported
Jim Turner reports: An information security breach has been reported involving employee and student records at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. […] According to the state Department of Education, the breach included more than 3,000 employee records and approximately 76,000 Northwest College student records containing personal identification information; and approximately 200,000 records with information…
Missing backup tapes reported to TD Bank customers
A letter from TD Bank to affected customers reads, in part: Some of your personal information was included on two data backup tapes that we shipped to another one of our locations in late March 2012. The tapes have been missing since then, and we have been unable to locate them despite diligent efforts. This…