This is one of those good news, bad news stories, but it’s may be more like bad news, good news in this case: The charity long known for turning donated cars into life-changing transportation for the needy is sending out thousands of letters this week. The news inside isn’t ‘good’ at all. The notices are…
Category: U.S.
Sources: 14 State Tax Employees Under Investigation
More on that investigation in Hawaii after an audit revealed some unspecified shenanigans involving employee access to Tax Department databases going back to 2008. Keoki Kerr reports: KITV4 News has learned 14 employees of the State Tax Department are under investigation by the State Attorney General’s office for possible criminal wrongdoing. Sources said so far,…
NJ: School district investigates Internet security breach
Joseph Cramer reports that school district staff are investigating a security breach into a Ridgewood school building through a compromised computer password. The breach was discovered last weekend, according to a release send out by school officials on Wednesday. The district Internet technology (IT) department is working with school administration to determine if any data…
Update 101domain.com
As an update to the breach previously noted on November 27, 101domain.com’s notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office reveals some additional details, including a statement that all of the data were encrypted. That wasn’t mentioned in their notification letter or previous coverage, and I’m a bit surprised that they wouldn’t have made…
Security breach at MyVetDirect.com compromises security of customers’ credit card numbers
Buttler Schein Animal Health (a Henry Schein company) sent the following notification to customers of their subsidiary, MyVetDirect.com: We are writing to inform you that we have learned that there was a recent security incident at Butler Schein Animal Health’s systems (MyVetDirect.com) where your veterinarian’s Website is hosted. This incident may have resulted in the…
CA: Help-desk employee who helped himself to co-worker’s information, sentenced to prison
United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Khris St. Ives Dulay Lu was sentenced in federal court in San Diego by United States District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez to serve 48 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, based upon his conviction for credit card fraud, in violation of…