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Judge to decide if Hannaford data breach should go to trial

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Dissent

Trevor Maxwell of the Portland Press Herald reports: A federal judge said he will decide in the next few days whether supermarket giant Hannaford Bros. is potentially liable for damages because of a data breach that exposed more than 4 million credit and debit card numbers to computer hackers. Judge D. Brock Hornby heard arguments…

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Xcel Energy notifies employees of small, contained breach

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Dissent

Through its lawyers, Xcel Energy notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that an email error by an employee resulted in the names and Social Security numbers of a number of employees being distributed to other Xcel employees and managers who should not have received the Social Security numbers. The company’s internal investigation indicated…

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: Karl Douglas Walton was charged with embezzling and ID theft of Agua Caliente Casino/Resort patrons. Watson was an employee at the time. More. Charles H. Belim pleaded guilty to bank fraud and ID theft. He directed his wife and others to steal cards and ID that victimized more than 50 people….

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: Lloyd Barkley pleaded no contest to charges he collaborated with Atin Singh and his wife in a plot to steal customer data from an unnamed Indian restaurant where Singh worked; the fake credit cards were then used at a local Safeway. More. Jorge Ignacio Lozano Apodaca and Angel Ernesto Zapien Del…

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Met Life fax malfunction misdirects personal info

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Dissent

Metropolitan Life Insurance (Met Life) has notified (pdf) the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that for about two days in January, their electronic fax server malfunctioned after they had uploaded a software patch.  As a result, personal information on some customers — including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers — was misdirected to other fax numbers….

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Genica/Geeks.com still identifying new victims of 2007 hack

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Dissent

Genica/Geeks.com was in the news last month when they settled charges with the FTC concerning their database security.   Less than two weeks later, they were notifying at least one state attorney general that they had identified yet more victims of the breach that occurred in 2007. By letter dated February 16, 2009 to Maryland, Genica’s…

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