Don Mitchell reports: Alectra Utilities says an investigation has turned up “no breach of customer information” as originally reported by the City of Hamilton in a statement released on Wednesday. In the release, the city said its water-related services, including meter reading, billing, payment, collections, and customer care services, managed by Alectra Utilities, may have…
Category: Business Sector
Love, Bonito apologises to customers after personal data breach
CNA reports: SINGAPORE: Some Love, Bonito customers may have had their personal data leaked after a “malicious code” was found on the retailer’s e-commerce website. In an e-mail sent out to customers on Friday (Dec 13) and seen by CNA, the retailer said the code was added to its website on Tuesday. Read more on Channel…
AG Josh Shapiro reaches settlement with Expedia and Orbitz in 2018 data breach
Valeria de Leon reports: Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced on Friday, he reached a settlement with two online travel reservation companies after they potentially exposed information of thousands of people, including Pennsylvanians. The settlement follows an investigation led by Deputy Attorney General Timothy R. Murphy, into a data breach in 2018 involving Orbitz and its…
Thief Stole Payroll Data for Thousands of Facebook Employees
Kurt Wagner reports: Personal banking information for tens of thousands of Facebook Inc. workers in the U.S. was compromised last month when a thief stole several corporate hard drives from an employee’s car. The hard drives, which were unencrypted, included payroll data like employee names, bank account numbers and the last four digits of employees’ social security…
On the notification warpath, Friday edition
In 2006, I started advocating that there needs to be a law or regulation that requires businesses to have a method to receive notifications of security alerts. A number of people I respect offered explanations as to why that wasn’t a great idea. But 13 years later, I’m more convinced than ever that we need…
Apple has ‘deep concerns’ that ex-employees accused of theft will flee to China
Stephen Nelling Apple Inc on Monday told a federal court it has “deep concerns” that two Chinese-born former employees accused of stealing trade secrets from the company will try to flee before their trials if their locations are not monitored. At a hearing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, prosecutors argued…