The numbers keep changing on a breach reported last week. Now Arirang News reports: We reported earlier last week that the website of Korea’s presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae came under a cyber-attack on Tuesday and on this Sunday, new reports show that personal information of around 100-thousand Cheong Wa Dae website members has…
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Contractor’s “coding loophole” exposed Boston Teachers Union Health & Welfare Fund members’ SSN
A “coding loophole” by its contractor Classic Administrative Services reportedly exposed the names and Social Security numbers of 506 members of the Boston Teachers Union Health & Welfare Fund. The breach was discovered by a member doing a Google Search on April 4, and the notification to those affected does not indicate for how long their data…
NC: ABC Store information hack more widespread than Greensboro
Mitch Carr reports: The State Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission revealed Thursday that credit card information for customers at ABC stores in Greensboro and elsewhere had been compromised. In an email , public affairs director Agnes Stevens said, “It appears that an outside scammer has hacked into the computer/sales system used by Greensboro and several other…
Data on 40,000 US Soldiers Stolen in South Korea Cyber-Attack – Claim
Edward Smith reports: Cyber-attacks were staged on Tuesday, 25 June, marking the anniversary of the start of the Korean War in 1950. The hackers compromised the websites of South Korea’s presidential office and several local newspapers. The unidentified hackers claimed to have obtained personal data belonging to two million South Korean workers and 40,000 US…
Iowa DHS discloses that backup tape with PHI of former patients at Mental Health Institute and state employees is missing
Rod Boshart reports: Iowa Department of Human Services officials issued an alert Wednesday to former patients at the Mental Health Institute in Independence and hundreds of state employees there and at other state facilities concerning a possible breach of their confidential information. Officials say the information was stored on a backup computer tape that went…
Detective’s stolen laptop puts thousands at risk of identity theft
Tracy Vedder reports from Seattle: Thousands of people are now vulnerable to identity theft, and it’s all because of a stolen laptop. The information, which includes Social Security and drivers license numbers, was on a King County sheriff’s office computer that was stolen from a detective. The laptop and a personal hard drive were full…