Benjamin Romano reports: Seattle-based retailer Nordstrom is notifying employees of an information-security breach that exposed their names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, checking account and routing numbers, salaries and more. Employees across the company received an e-mail notification and apology from co-President Blake Nordstrom on Wednesday informing them of the breach, a company spokesperson…
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NZ: Bank staff exposed for using private information to stalk
Rob Stock reports: “Employee browsing” is a term for when bank staff access customers’ private information for their own uses. And Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says banks aren’t doing enough to prevent it. Following the publication on Monday of a review of bank conduct by the Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Edwards said banks must…
UK: Police probe into data breach at Crosshouse after staff accessed patient records
Paul Fisher reports: Police have launched an investigation after a number of patients have had their personal details accessed by a member of staff at Crosshouse Hospital. Those affected, believed to be mainly women, were notified that information, including their phone numbers and addresses, had been accessed and that the member of staff who breached their privacy…
AU: Police officer who leaked woman’s details claims self-incrimination at tribunal
This is one of those N=1 (small) breaches with serious consequences. Kristian Silva reports: A Queensland police officer has refused to answer questions at a tribunal, in fear of incriminating himself, about how a woman’s address was leaked to her allegedly violent ex-husband. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is taking legal…
They Hacked Their School District When They Were 12. The Adults Are Still Trying to Catch Up.
Benjamin Herold has a great piece on EdWeek about two teens in Michigan who have been charged criminally with hacking. It is a case that Doug Levin previously brought to the public’s attention in the context of a question as to whether schools are failing to deal effectively with young curious minds. This particular case…
Ex-Chicago Public Schools worker accused of stealing info on 80,000 people in latest data breach
Nader Issa reports: A former Chicago Public Schools worker is facing several felony charges after officials allege the worker stole personal information on about 80,000 employees, volunteers and vendors from a CPS database. The former worker, Kristi Sims, was arrested in the case on Thursday, and officers recovered the stolen files after executing search warrants,…