TD Bank has notified thousands of customers after a vendor’s printing error exposed their names, addresses, and account numbers to other customers. In a letter dated October 17, TD Bank’s Head of Privacy & Social Media Compliance Albert M. Raymond notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the incident involving customers’ September bank account…
Category: Exposure
PA: Personal information of Rent-A-Center customers discovered in Port Richmond dumpster
John Rawlins reports: A sharp eyed city Streets Department sanitation officer came across critical personal information casually tossed in a Port Richmond dumpster. The discovery took place outside the Rent-A-Center at Aramingo and Ontario. “What I discovered was several different folders with fully filled out credit applications for Rent-A-Center,” Officer Brian Chavis of Sanitation Enforcement…
AU: GPS breach sees Aurora Energy workers ready to strike over security fears
Jennifer Crawley reports: Aurora workers are ready to walk off the job today after sensitive employee and customer details were leaked following a security breach of the GPS monitoring system in employee cars. Safety meetings will be held in 16 depots around the State this morning where 400 workers will vote on industrial action. SmarTrak…
GA: Sheriff’s deputy accidentally e-mails female deputies’ bra cup sizes to all members of the department
There are e-mail gaffes, and then there are e-mail gaffes that can really be embarrassing. Ben Wright reports: A Muscogee County sheriff’s deputy who emailed personal information of female co-workers using bullet proof vests has been identified. Cpl. Keith Hamilton, the quartermaster in charge of supplies for the Sheriff’s Office, was given a written reprimand…
Online security breach at SAH disgruntles many job seekers
Darren Taylor reports: A SooToday.com reader has informed us that he has been the target of unsolicited emails, texts and telemarketing calls, and claims this is the result of a mishap involving the Sault Area Hospital (SAH) website’s online job application system. The reader was notified by SAH in a letter dated October 24, 2013…
The Fisherman’s Restaurant notifies employees after contractor error results in their data being transmitted to another restaurant
Back in 2009, I reported on some hacks in the hospitality sector involving Radiant Systems’ point of sale technology and one of their distributors in Louisiana. But it was their back office technology service that was involved in a breach recently disclosed by The Fisherman’s Restaurant to its employees. By letter dated October 8th signed…