Tang See Kit reports: Japan’s securities-market watchdog said on Tuesday (Dec 8) it has asked the Financial Services Agency (FSA) to penalise Deutsche Bank’s brokerage unit in Tokyo for the improper sharing of information about a company’s earnings with its clients. The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) recommended that the FSA take “administrative action”…
Category: Exposure
Ca: The Cheesecake Company personnel files found in disposal bin
Bailey Hildebrand reports: One northwest restaurant’s potential mistake is a reminder for businesses to take special care of employee files. Stephen Webster said he was walking in a parking lot last Thursday when he saw file folders scattered in and around a blue disposal bin behind The Cheesecake Company — a restaurant in the midst of closing its…
MCPS Superintendent Addresses Hellgate Data Breach – Takes Full Responsibility
Updating the Hellgate High School breach reported yesterday, Peter Christian reports that MCPS Superintendent Mark Thane addressed the data breach that occurred last Friday: “The breach occurred when an email was sent from the Hellgate administration that was intended to convey notes from a recent parents meeting,” Thane said. “The document was, in fact, corrupted…
UK: Personal registrant data leaked by General Optical Council
Simon Jones reports: Personal data of General Optical Council registrants has been mistakenly shared by the regulator with three optical organisations. Home contact addresses of fully qualified registrants were shared earlier this year with three organisations working within the optical sector. The GOC said the details would have been handed over if a home address…
Wetherspoons Hacker Speaks: ‘I Did It Simply Because I Could’
Joseph Cox reports: Last week, Wetherspoons, a popular UK pub chain, announced that one of its websites had been breached. The hacker got away with the names, dates of birth, email addresses, and phone numbers of potentially 656,723 customers, as well as the partial payment card data of 100 people. Then late on Monday night, the hacker responsible,…
MT: Hellgate High Data Breach Reveals Confidential Student Information
Jon King reports: Missoula County Public School District one is investigating why a bunch of private, confidential information about Hellgate students and one school staffer were sent to parents of Hellgate High School football players last Friday. The information included very sensitive details, including which students at school were failing classes, which students were seeking…