An insider breach previously reported on this blog continues to create problems for bank’s clients who were dodging their taxes. What Edward Snowden is to mass surveillance, Hervé Falciani is becoming to private banking. In 2008 the now 41-year-old native of Monaco walked out of the Geneva branch of HSBC, where he had worked for…
Category: Financial Sector
Man charged in TSYS identity theft violated computer policy at Paragon Benefits
“If you see something, say something” paid off in this case. Adam Carlson reports: A week after he was placed at Paragon Benefits Inc. by a temporary staffing agency, Drew Johnson appeared to be spending more time on his computer than his duties required before personal information from more than 5,200 TSYS employees was sent…
Datapak notifies customers that malware may have been capturing their credit card information since March (Update4)
Datapak Services Corporation, an order fulfillment and payment processor based in Swanee, Georgia, recently learned that malware placed on their system on March 5 may have compromised the credit card information of customers of “several” e-commerce web sites. In a letter dated October 3, they note that customers’ names, addresses, and card numbers with expiration…
Kiwibank apologizes after privacy breach
Nicholas McBride of the Greymouth Star reports: Kiwibank has apologised to all customers affected by a privacy breach at the Greymouth branch. An envelope full of confidential documents was handed to a member of the public when they went into the Post Shop office last month. The individual took it home and opened it, unaware…
MO: R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. informs clients’ employees of breach
On July 26, 2013, R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. learned of the possibility that the unnamed web hosting facility that hosts its website was the subject of a cyber-attack that occurred on July 22, 2013. Although their investigations are ongoing, on August 7, 2013 the forensic experts hired by the firm confirmed that the attack could result in the…
Some TD Bank customers’ information sent to other customers
Jennifer Gannon reports Some customers of TD Bank had their information sent to other customers because of what the bank called a vendor error. TD Bank said a national firm responsible for printing and mailing statements accidentally sent some customers statements that had other customers’ information on the back. Stephania Pearce was balancing her checkbook…