Scott Gordon reports: A Fort Worth man who worked for a document shredding company did not destroy bank records and instead shared them with thieves, according to court documents. The number of potential victims is in the thousands and the total loss may be in the millions of dollars, a law enforcement source told NBC…
Category: Business Sector
Claims that Trustwave was responsible for monitoring Target’s network “baseless” – Trustwave
Yesterday, Trustwave issued a statement on its website about allegations made in lawsuits against Target naming it as a co-defendant. The letter, signed by Trustwave CEO Robert J. McCullen reads: March 29, 2014 Dear Customers and Business Partners, As some of you may know, Trustwave was recently named as a defendant in lawsuits relating to the…
TX: Spec’s discloses hack that began October 31, 2012, may have affected more than 500,000 customers
Spec’s, a Texas superstore selling wines, spirits, and finer foods, has announced that customer data at 34 of its locations may have been snagged by hackers. The hack reportedly began October 31, 2012 and continued until March 20, 2014. Although the breach reportedly affected less than 5% of its transactions, a spokesperson informed the Houston…
Fandango, Credit Karma Settle FTC Charges that They Deceived Consumers By Failing to Securely Transmit Sensitive Personal Information
Two companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the security of their mobile apps and failed to secure the transmission of millions of consumers’ sensitive personal information from their mobile apps. The FTC alleged that, despite their security promises, Fandango and Credit Karma failed to take reasonable steps to secure…
Client data stolen from home of deceased employee?
At the time Chester Ju, an investment representative of McDermott Investment Services, passed away, he had certain client information records at home for his work. What happened to those records became the basis for a breach notification to New Hampshire and some of his clients. Although the personal representative for the deceased investment representative says he…
Wolf & Company reports drive with personal information lost in the mail
Oh dear. Not realizing that a USB drive contained any personal information, an employee of Boston-based Wolf & Company mailed the drive back to their bookkeeper on March 11. Unfortunately, the envelope was damaged in mailing and the drive, which contained names and Social Security numbers in a QuikBook file, never arrived. No foul play is…