It seems Six Continents Hotels (InterContinental Hotel Groups) was notified earlier this year by the Secret Service that some of its hotels had suffered a data security breach. One of the hotels IHG subsequently notified was Cities Service (Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Sulphur, Louisiana). IHG alerted them on February 11, 2015. When Cities Service…
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Illinois AG sues records storage company FileFax for dumping thousands of Suburban Lung Associates’ patients’ records
There’s a follow-up to a breach that was first disclosed by CBS in Chicago in February. The incident, involving patients of Suburban Lung Associates, was reported to HHS in April as affecting 2,984 patients. The following is the press release from Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office: Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against…
MI: FireKeepers Casino investigating possible data security breach
Lansing State Journal reports: FireKeepers Casino Hotel is investigating a possible data security incident involving the casino’s point of sale system, Vice President of Marketing Jim Wise said Wednesday. Wise said the investigation comes after the casino recently received “a couple of calls” from guests indicating concern about their bank or credit card statements. Wise…
Lawsuit: Home Depot data breach was caused by management’s ‘overarching complacency’ over security
David Allison reports: Consumers hurt in the giant Home Depot data breach have filed a consolidated lawsuit that accuses the company’s management of “overarching complacency when it came to data security.” In a 187-page complaint filed in federal court in Atlanta on May 1, consumers state their case that by allowing the data breach to…
VA: Twins indicted for hacking, wire fraud, and ID theft
On April 30, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, 23, of Springfield, Virginia. They were charged with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to access a protected computer without authorization, access of a protected computer without authorization, conspiracy to access a government computer without authorization, false…
CA: Santa Maria Coco’s Restaurant closes suddenly; ex-employees say personal info left in dumpster
Charlie Misra reports: The sudden closure of Coco’s Bakery and Restaurant in Santa Maria a few days ago was a shock to both employees and customers. Former employees say they’ve been dealt another blow and some of them found their personnel files tossed in the dumpsters out back. Read more on KSBY.