Kirsty Weakley writes: Age UK lost the personal details for current and former staff in two separate data breaches at the end of last year and has reported itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office. The charity has written to current and former employees to tell them that there were two incidents at the end of…
Category: Miscellaneous
Alleged ‘Nigerian Prince’ Email Scammer Arrested In Louisiana
Hilary Hanson reports: Police in Slidell, Louisiana, have arrested a man who allegedly helped scam people out of thousands of dollars in “Nigerian prince”-style email schemes. Michael Neu, 67, is charged with 269 counts of wire fraud and money laundering. In a Facebook statement on Thursday, police described him as a “middle man” who conned victims into…
Lincoln Nonprofit’s Laptop Containing Vital Information Stolen in Car Break-In
Here is yet another reminder of (1) why you don’t leave devices in your car with critical information on them, and (2) why you need backups of mission critical data. Doug Johnson reports: LINCOLN — A Lincoln charity is desperate for help after their laptop was stolen from a Natomas restaurant parking lot. Maria &…
National Capital Poison Center discloses ransomware incident
One of the reasons DataBreaches.net has never confined its reporting and analyses to HIPAA-covered entities is that there are so many other types of entities that collect and store health or medical information. Today’s example comes from the National Capital Poison Center, who found themselves in the unenviable position of reporting a ransomware attack that…
Humanitarian data breaches: the real scandal is our collective inaction
Nathaniel A. Raymond, Daniel P. Scarnecchia, and Stuart R. Campo write: The news that a platform used by at least 11 major operational NGOs and UN agencies may be relatively easy to breach, potentially exposing the personal, location, and demographic data of tens of thousands of highly vulnerable people, is deeply disturbing but not surprising….
YMCA of Central Florida Notifies Individuals of Security Incident
Nov. 22 – The YMCA of Central Florida (YMCA), today announced it is notifying individuals related to an isolated security incident involving certain personal information. Information accessed may have contained consumers’ names, and/or Social Security Number, driver’s license or other government issued identification, passport, financial account number, payment card number, health information, or health insurance…