Following up on the indictment of two former University of Central Missouri students for stealing faculty and student information for commercial gain, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri issued a press release today that one of the defendants has been sentenced to three years in prison plus restitution: Tammy Dickinson, United…
Category: Malware
Calvert Internal Medicine notifies employees of possible compromise of their SSN, payroll info
On March 19, Calvert Internal Medicine in Maryland notified current and former employees of a computer compromise that may have exposed their Social Security numbers to misuse. A copy of their notification was sent to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. From reading their description of the breach, it seems that ADP failed to restore a…
Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi to notify customers of security breach
So it seems Anasazi Hotel LLC had a server compromise that began on June 18, 2012, but they didn’t find out until they were notified by their card processor on March 21, 2013. Now, almost a year after the breach began, they will first be sending out letters to those who stayed at the Rosewood…
ME: Port Clyde General Store discloses breach due to malware (Update2)
Stephen Betts reports: The Port Clyde General Store was one of hundreds of companies across the country that had data from its customers’ credit cards breached by hackers recently. Attorney Stephen Hayes of Augusta, who represents the store, confirmed that the market was notified by police on May 21 that its system for processing credit…
GA: Callaway Gardens alerts customers of potential credit card fraud
Chuck Williams reports that a number of companies have been notified by card processors of what may be a major breach. In Callaway Gardens’ case, it seems to involve malware, but the other companies affected are not named nor whether the same malware was involved in their compromises: Consumers who have used credit or debit…
MAPCO Express experiences security breach
MAPCO Express issued a press release today concerning a security breach as well as this notice on their web site: At MAPCO, we care about our customers and respect their privacy. We want to alert you that we have experienced a security breach by third-party hackers that may have compromised the credit/debit card information of…