Jessica Hall continues to update the TD Bank backup tapes breach: In Maine, 34,907 residents were affected, according to a letter sent to the attorney general from TD Bank. In Massachusetts, the Attorney General’s Office said more than 73,000 residents were affected. In Connecticut, 35,000 residents were affected, while Rhode Island had 500 residents and Maryland…
Category: Lost or Missing
Missing backup tapes reported to TD Bank customers
A letter from TD Bank to affected customers reads, in part: Some of your personal information was included on two data backup tapes that we shipped to another one of our locations in late March 2012. The tapes have been missing since then, and we have been unable to locate them despite diligent efforts. This…
Data Breach at Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Iran Kantor reports: The Boston Water and Sewer Commission has been informed that a contractor working to upgrade the Commission’s meter reading software is unable to locate a hard drive that may have contained the commission’s water and sewer account information, according to a letter sent out to residents earlier this month. The missing drive…
Oops: Ulster Bank apologizes after losing some customers’ records
BreakingNews.ie reports that Ulster Bank has apologized to customers after an employee inadvertently dropped a folder containing customer info outside one of its offices but didn’t notice it. The folder was eventually returned to them.
Boston Water and Sewer Commission warns of possible customer info leak
WCVB reports: Boston Water and Sewer Commission officials said customer information could have been leaked due to a missing hard drive. Officials said contractor Aclara Technologies notified them that a hard drive that could contain the Commission’s water and sewer account information is missing. Aclara was using the information to update the Commission’s remote meter…
Elections Ontario data loss victims could top four million
Howard Solomon reports: The number of Canadians who could be victims of one of the country’s biggest losses of personal data could hit four million, according to a privacy official. Ann Cavoukian, privacy commissioner for the province of Ontario, said Tuesday that is the number of records that might be compromised in the loss of…