Conor Pope reports: SuperValu has been forced to contact thousands of customers who have bought its “getaway breaks” after a security breach at the company that oversees the scheme left sensitive financial data potentially compromised. The “getaway breaks” vouchers are a key loyalty reward programme run by the US-owned company Loyaltybuild, which is based in Co…
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Peoples Trust Company hacked; Bank arranges for credit alert flags on customers’ accounts for 6 years
Someone kindly alerted me to a breach involving Peoples Trust Company in Canada. Here is the text of a notification letter they sent out, as provided by one of the recipients (hence, DataBreaches.net can assure its complete authenticity/accuracy): October 25th, 2013 RE: Important Notice Regarding Your Personal Information Dear First Name Last Name, As is…
Finnish Government Hit With ‘Serious’ Data Breach
Angela Moscaritolo reports: The Finnish government has confirmed it suffered a “serious data security violation,” which was reportedly carried out over a period of four years and allowed hackers to pilfer unspecified amounts of data. The breach affected the Finnish Foreign Service Internet network, which contains information and data “of the lowest classification level,” according…
NZ: Fidelity Life Insurance reports breach
A USB stick with sensitive information about 1200 clients of a life insurance company – including personal bank account details – has been stolen from an employee’s car. Fidelity Life chief executive Milton Jennings said the stick had been in an employee’s satchel which he left in his car as he attended a meeting at…
From the ICO today…
The Information Commissioner’s Office seems to be providing more information these days on its undertakings and monetary penalties. Not only are they providing more details of the breaches themselves, they’re also publicly disclosing their follow-ups on undertakings. Today they posted: A follow up has been completed to provide an assurance that The Health and Care Professions…
AU: GPS breach sees Aurora Energy workers ready to strike over security fears
Jennifer Crawley reports: Aurora workers are ready to walk off the job today after sensitive employee and customer details were leaked following a security breach of the GPS monitoring system in employee cars. Safety meetings will be held in 16 depots around the State this morning where 400 workers will vote on industrial action. SmarTrak…