Jenny Michael reports that approximately 100 employees of BNSF Railway have had their “nonpublic personal information” used to fraudulently open accounts in their names. The railway’s response? “At this time, we do not believe that BNSF’s information security processes or technology systems have been compromised,” the statement said. “BNSF is working with law enforcement agencies to fully investigate…
Category: Business Sector
Australian Institute of Business Brokers denies Anonymous password breach
Wait – we can’t believe everything we read on the Internet?! Hamish Barwick reports: The Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB) has denied reports that encrypted passwords belonging to 250 of its members were posted online. Hacktivist group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for posting the passwords. An AIBB spokesperson told Computerworld Australia that all the group had…
Hackers Publish Israelis’ Credit Card Information
Elad Benari reports: A hackers’ site bearing the name of Hizbullah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in 2008, published on Wednesday databases that were stolen from the Israeli storage company Webgate and which include personal information and credit card numbers of Israelis. Channel 10 News reported that, in addition to the credit card numbers,…
Wave House Athletic Club employee pleads guilty to stealing customer info
A follow-up to an insider ID theft case mentioned last month: Christopher Polley changed his plea to guilty and faces between 180 days and a year in jail when he is sentenced Sept. 6, according to News10.com While working at the Wave House Athletic Club from May 2010 through January of this year, the defendant…
Steamboat’s Ski Corp. accidentally releases employee data
Steamboat Today reports: Current and former Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. employees were notified by mail last week about the accidental release of personal information. According the letter, Ski Corp. officials learned July 13 that current and former employee W-2 information — including names, addresses, social security numbers and payroll information — was emailed to…
GM notifying more than 800 workers of personal information breach
Melissa Burden reports: General Motors Co. said Friday that 883 active and retired GM workers may have had their personal information exposed — including Social Security numbers — after a GM employee copied personal information just before retiring in May. “GM has completed an investigation of this incident and is contacting the affected individuals to…