Joel Anderson reports: The e-mails referred to one of the highest-ranking officers at the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office as “racist.” They alleged discriminatory treatment against some of the deputies. They were supposedly coming from Sgt. George Smith. However, the e-mails were all the work of an online thief, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Former Deputy…
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Wal-Mart employee data compromised; 48,000 affected
Well, I haven’t found anything more on this from any news source and it’s always odd to find out about a U.S. breach from a non-U.S. source, but International Supermarkets is reporting that: It has come to light that Wal-Mart has suffered a breach in its staff data system due to a former employee leaving…
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities breach worse than originally thought
As an update to the story previously reported, The Mainichi Daily News reports that: …. personal information on thousands of customers that a former middle manager sold to personal data sellers was leaked or resold to a total of 80 companies — five times more than originally announced. Retrieving the customers’ information has proved difficult,…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Atin Singh, charged with stealing customer data from Roti Bistro where he worked, pleaded no contest to five felonies. More. Joseph A. Radican was sentenced to 18 months probation after pleading guilty in the theft of three computers from the Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2008 (previous coverage here). The…
Former Fox Entertainment employee arrested; employee data retrieved from home
On April 9, Fox Group notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General that Fox Entertainment Group had learned that employee information including names, Social Security numbers and some compensation data had been acquired without authorization by an employee of Fox’s benefits department. The employee was terminated and subsequently arrested. When a search warrant was executed…
UK: Second data blunder fear
It’s amazing what you don’t find when you finally get around to looking for it. In this story out of the UK, a local council brought in consultants after one data breach, only to discover that their potential problem was bigger than they thought: …. Charnwood Borough Council admitted it could not find nine missing…