Kim Rahn reports: Financial authorities have found customer information was leaked from not only credit card companies but also insurance firms. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Monday it found Prudential Life Insurance provided clients’ personal information to outsiders by granting them the right to access the firm’s intranet. […] According to the FSC’s recent…
Category: Exposure
California Attorney General Files Lawsuit Based on Late Breach Notification
Yesterday, I noted that California’s Attorney General was suing Kaiser over a breach that was discovered in 2011 but not disclosed to those affected until months later. David Navetta of InformationLawGroup has some interesting commentary and analysis of the lawsuit, focusing on the provisions of California law that provide: The disclosure shall be made in…
Norwalk, Ohio Mayor: Sorry about the SSN on postcards
Tom Jackson reports: Norwalk’s mayor says city officials regret mailing out thousands of postcards that list the Social Security numbers of local taxpayers. City officials have asked the recipients to destroy the cards, and they’ve already mailed out substitute cards that omit the sensitive numbers. “Obviously, we’re very sorry and we wish it had never happened,”…
Update: eBenefits breach caused by software update
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued an update to the recent eBenefits portal breach, previously reported here, here, and here. Their statement: As you may be aware, the eBenefits web portal was shut down for a period of time earlier this month, and a limited number of Veterans had some of their private information…
California sues Kaiser over data breach
Tish Kraft reports an update to a breach previously reported on this blog: California’s attorney general sued Kaiser for unfair competition related to 20,539 employee Social Security numbers being found on a hard drive sold at a thrift store. Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, on behalf of the people of California, sued Kaiser Foundation Health…
Documents found in dumpster; personal information exposed
Kristine Harrington reports from Globe, Arizona: The search is on for the person who dumped piles of personal information in a public recycling bin in Globe. The documents are sensitive, and include court paperwork containing names, case numbers, and other confidential details. The woman who came across the papers prefers to remain anonymous. She came…