Wyndham Hotels and Resorts (“WHR”) reports that it suffered a second hacking-related breach that it learned of while still dealing with a 2008 breach (see previous coverage). In a letter [pdf] dated August 21 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Wyndham indicates that 201 residents of New Hampshire were affected by the latest incident:…
Category: Business Sector
Hackers access American Barcode and RFID’s customer info
American Barcode and RFID, Inc. have notified the New Hampshire Attorney General that a customer web site at Scansmart.com was hacked. In its August 14 letter to customers who purchased products from their Scansmart.com division, the company wrote that during the last week of July, they had discovered that computer hackers had illegally accessed the…
Normandeau Associates reports theft and recovery of stolen laptop
Normandeau Associates, an environmental consulting firm based in New Hampshire, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of the theft of a laptop with an encrypted employee database. The theft occurred in 2008, and the laptop was recovered in February 2009, but Normandeau did not learn of the problem until June 2009, at which point they…
Administrative services provider holding databases hostage – law firms
Courthouse News reports: A group of law firms that offer advice to debtors says a company it hired to provide administrative services took $9 million in profits and is holding sensitive client records hostage. Persels & Associates, of Towson, Md. dba Consumer Law Associates and Legal Advice Line, sued My Professional Advice in Baltimore County…
Gonzalez pleads guilty, sentenced to 15-25 years
The Associated Press has reported that Albert Gonzalez has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors filed in Boston on Friday, Albert Gonzalez would serve a sentence of 15 to 25 years after pleading guilty to a 19-count indictment. He would also…
Guardsmark employee records: tossed or stolen?
More than 100 employee files containing sensitive information, like social security numbers and fingerprints, were dropped off at First Coast News by a person claiming to be a janitor. That person said the files were in the trash at Guardsmark, a security company in Jacksonville. However, a company official said the files are stolen. Read…