On September 23, I reported on an unencrypted backup drive stolen from an accounting firm employee’s vehicle: A Maryland accounting firm had to notify 2,906 Maryland residents after an unencrypted backup drive was stolen from an employee’s car at his home. The theft occurred on August 4, but Clark & Anderson, P.A. didn’t learn of it…
Category: Business Sector
Cruises Inc. notifies customers after booking system accessed by compromised login credentials
Back in August, I reported: Smartphone Experts discovered that the system used for customer payments for online shopping had been hacked. Although stored customer data were encrypted, Diana Kingree, the Senior Vice President of Commerce, noted that the hacker may have been able to use a decryption feature of the system to view customers’ names, addresses, credit or…
Travelocity notifies customers after service providers’ employees misuse customer data
On November 22, Travelocity notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office of a breach they first learned about on February 21. According to their letter, on that date they discovered that “over the previous several months, several employees of a Travelocity service provider had misused certain information to which they had access as part of performing…
Affinity Gaming announces breach affecting all 11 casinos; fraudulent charges reported
It’s just hitting the media today that Affinity Gaming was hit by a cyberattack earlier this year that affected customers at its 11 casinos. They were alerted to the breach by the FBI in October, and the critical period for data compromise is March 14 – October 16. Here is the relevant parts of their announcement…
Danner hacked; notifies customers (updated)
And it seems Danner has joined the ranks of the recently hacked. In a notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office by their lawyers on December 19, they report that on November 28, code was injected into the computer that operates their web site. The intrusion was detected on December 11. Forensic examination could not…
TechMedia Network to start notifying customers of hack involving credit card data (updated)
Oops? TechMedia Network will be sending out letters on December 23 that begin: We are writing to inform you of an incident that may have involved your personal information. On November 20, 2013, Techmedia Network detected an unauthorized intrusion into its systems that may have allowed access to your name, mailing address, email address, phone…