[repost] Mathew J. Schwartz reports: … As with the Sony breach, lawyers for Honda customers filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of affected customers, seeking 200 million Canadian dollars ($206 million). The claim says that the breach exposed customers to “theft of their identity, theft from their bank accounts, and theft from their debit…
Category: Business Sector
(update) Texas office responsible for dumpster breach identified [repost]
[repost] As an update to a dumpster breach reported previously, KTSM in Texas reports that the office responsible for the breach was Tax Matters. Of note, Lindsey Reiser reports that at least one former client of the business was upset that they still had his records: “We had broken our relationship several years ago,” the…
South Africa: DMASA “do not call” database ‘leaked’ [repost]
[repost] Nicola Mawson reports: Around 39 000 South Africans who signed up on the Direct Marketing Association of SA’s (DMASA’s) “do not contact” database are at risk of identity theft, because the list has been leaked to companies that aren’t DMA members. The database contains sensitive information such as contact details, addresses and identity numbers….
Update: More AU cards canceled after breach
Chris Zappone and Jared Lynch provide an update on a breach reported on this blog earlier today: The Westpac-owned St George Bank is at the centre of one of the nation’s biggest credit card security breaches after financial information was leaked from one of its clients. The breach has already has forced banks to cancel…
AZ: Member’s Personal Information Found in LA Boxing Dumpster
Amanda Hernandez reports: It’s a criminal’s dream. Hundreds of names, addresses, credit card numbers and everything else someone would need to steal your identity tossed into a dumpster. The trash behind the LA Boxing on Warner Road in Ahwatukee held a lot of what was once inside the building from memorabilia to customers personal information….
Honda Canada notifies customers of breach (UPDATED)
A DataBreaches.net reader alerted me that Honda Canada has been notifying some customers of a breach. According to a May 13th letter he received (French version, pdf), a breach involving unauthorized access of the My Honda (myhonda.honda.ca) and My Acura (myacura.acura.ca) web sites was detected in March 2011 and affected customers who were on certain…