I haven’t seen one of these “the data can’t be accessed without specialized software” reassurances in quite a while: Mark Riley, Inc. dba E. K. and Company (“E. K. and Company”) is an accounting and payroll processing company. On January 19, 2015, E. K. and Company’s office was broken into and a hard drive was…
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VN: Vietnamese hackers allegedly steal 50,000 accounts from local telecom giant
Tuoi Tre News reports: More than 50,000 accounts of customers of Vietnam’s state-run telecom giant VNPT were stolen and leaked on the Internet over the weekend, company spokesperson Bui Quoc Viet said Sunday. The accounts, including personal information and login credentials, belong to customers of the VNPT branch in the southern province of Soc Trang,…
PWC firm employee involved in document leak: CBI
From India’s Central Bureau of Investigation: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Under Secretary in Department of Disinvestment & Section Officer in Department of Economic Affairs both of Union Ministry of Finance and a Consultant / Chartered Accountant (private person) based at Mumbai in a case relating to alleged leakage and supply of…
Adventures in breach alerts, Saturday edition
If you’re going to misdirect a fax containing personal information, you probably don’t want to misdirect it to a security firm with a blog. SLC Security reports that they received faxes from William Farrell, CPA of Cary, NC containing what appeared to be payroll information. When they tried to contact the firm using the contact email prominently posted on the firm’s…
Lawsuits over Paytime data breach dismissed
Matt Miller reports: Saying no legally compensable injuries have yet occurred, a federal judge Friday dismissed two would-be class-action lawsuits filed over last year’s massive data breach at the Paytime Inc. national payroll firm. The clients who sued the Cumberland County-based Paytime had sought financial damages for what they claimed was the threat they face of…
Romano’s Jewelers Owner, Employees Charged With Identity Theft
By Candice Nguyen and Lynn Walsh report: The owner of a San Diego jewelry store and two employees have been charged with 14 counts of identity theft in connection with obtaining personal financial information from customers who were active duty military members, according to a complaint filed by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office…