Tina Orem reports: Social Security and bank account numbers are some of the information hackers may have taken in a breach at Hawaii First Federal Credit Union in Kamuela, according to a letter the credit union sent to current and former employees and members. The hack may have taken place via unauthorized access to an employee’s email…
Category: Financial Sector
IE: Permanent TSB confirms data breach of 100 customer details
RTÉ News reports: Permanent TSB has confirmed it has reported a data breach to the Data Protection Commissioner. The bank said the breach involved account information relating to less than 100 customers being mistakenly emailed to an unrelated customer. It is also believed that notes of meetings customers had with bank staff were also included….
MX: Grupo Financiero Banorte Fined $2m for Failure to Notify Customers of Security Breach (updated)
Liisa M. Thomas and Zachary L. Sorman of Winston Strawn write: Mexico’s National Transparency, Information Access, and Data Protection Institute (INAI) recently announced an impending fine of almost $2 million USD to be levied against Grupo Financiero Banorte, the third largest bank in Mexico. According to a statement by an INAI official, the bank failed…
BNY Mellon accused of leaking confidential client data
A press release from Novick & Associates, P.C.: Another bizarre incident occurred in the ongoing litigation between the sons of renowned East Hampton sculptor Norman Mercer and BNY Mellon (BNYM), which is administering his estate, when the bank improperly turned over personal and financial information about its other trust account beneficiaries residing in the New York Tri-state area. In its…
CIRT-KY Warns eCay Trade Users of Account Hack
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS – 28 August 2015 – The Cyber Incident Response Team Cayman (CIRT-KY ) announced today that it has been made aware of a cybersecurity breach – commonly known as a ‘hack’ – which has affected the security of the email addresses and passwords of thousands of eCay Trade account holders. CIRT-KY…
Man linked to JPMorgan hacking in talks to resolve U.S. case: filing
Nate Raymond reports: A Florida man accused of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange and who is among five defendants linked to last summer’s massive data breach at JPMorgan Chase & Co is in talks to resolve his criminal case, according to court papers filed Friday. In a court filing in federal court in Manhattan, a…