The Information Commissioner’s Office announced two undertakings today. The first, involves Martin & Company, a firm of solicitors. In January, 2015, they notified the ICO that a DVD with evidence in a criminal trial had been lost. The DVD had been provided by the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service and contained limited footage showing the defendant…
Category: Business Sector
Hacker Twin Muneeb Akhter Slams Suggested 6-Year Prison Term
Jenna Ebersole reports: One of twin brothers who pled guilty in a government and commercial hacking case has slammed prosecutors’ request for a six-year sentence, telling a Virginia federal court that the recommendation contradicts the plea agreement and his acceptance of responsibility. The government’s sentence recommendations are “unprecedented,” Muneeb Akhter, a computer prodigy who graduated…
Padlocks4less.com notifying customers of payment card breach
From the we-have-no-idea-what-happened dept.: If you used a payment card on padlocks4less.com, check your mail for a notification letter. It seems the FBI notified the Frank J. Martin Company that payment card data submitted between June 3 and August 26th may have been accessed without authorization, along with customers’ name, postal and email addresses, and…
Hackers intercept NZ taxidermy company’s invoices, trick clients
Nick Truebridge reports: A South Canterbury business has been hit by hackers who intercepted its invoices and prompted clients to deposit money into foreign bank accounts. Kerry O’Rourke, a part-owner in Pleasant Point’s O’Rourke Brothers Taxidermy, said far only one of O’Rourke’s clients has been sucked into the scam, losing “probably about €2000 ($3583) into an…
VacationRentPayment notifies customers whose account application information was hacked
YapStone (VacationRentPayments) is notifying some property managers and others who use their service to receive vacation rental payments that personal information in their account applications was compromised by unauthorized persons. In a letter dated September 11, YapStone CEO Thomas J. Villante writes that email and postal address, Social Security number, driver’s license number, date of birth, and bank…
Ca: Some Rogers Communications’ customer data stolen by former contractor’s employee
Morgan Modjeski reports that Rogers Communications is notifying 226 customers that a former employee of a contractor had stolen their personal information. Rogers reportedly only learned of the breach when York Regional Police notified them that in the course of an investigation, they had found customers’ telephone numbers, full names, credit card information and even Social Insurance…