Add McKesson to those affected by a breach involving ADP that was disclosed in June. The breach also affected employees of the city of Houston and US Airways, as reported previously on this blog. On August 9, McKesson notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that it was sending out notifications to some of their employees…
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Northrop Grumman notifies linguists of database breach
Northrop Grumman is notifying some of those employed by, or who applied for positions with Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc. Balkans Linguist Support Program of a breach. In a letter dated August 9 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, R. David Carlton, Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Sector Counsel, wrote that on July 26,…
Helicopter training academy notifies former attendees of breach (updated)
Add Bell Helicopter’s Training Academy to those reporting breaches this month. The Forth Worth- based business learned in July that some former attendees had received spam e-mails that appeared to originate from them. On investigation, they discovered that someone had obtained information from an older database that contained email addresses and credit card numbers of…
IE: TK Maxx man ‘sold credit card details’ to gang
Skimming customers’ credit cards may be easy, but memorizing the numbers? That’s somewhat impressive. A major probe has been launched after a TK Maxx shop worker allegedly stole credit card details and passed them to a gang. The Irish Mirror has learned the shop assistant has been interviewed by gardai about the alleged theft of…
NYC: Two Pret A Manger workers in Chelsea stole 100 customers’ information using credit card skimmers: officials
Shayna Jacobs reports: Two ex-employees at Pret A Manger allegedly took a big bite out of customer’s wallets. Nigel McCollum, 22, and his gal pal Lenica Greene, 23, were hit with a massive indictment for stealing the identities of at least 100 customers through credit card skimmers, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday. Read more on NY…
ACC staffer faces inquiry after clients’ records stolen
As if ACC hadn’t gotten enough bad press over previous breaches, it’s had another one. Anna Turner reports: The personal details of dozens of Christchurch ACC claimants have been leaked after a staff member’s home was burgled. ACC confirmed yesterday that the home of a Christchurch ACC case manager was broken into on Saturday, August…