Press release issued by Sen. Dianne Feinstein yesterday: Four senior senators today introduced legislation that would, for the first time, provide a federal standard for companies to safeguard consumers’ personal information throughout their systems and to quickly notify consumers if those systems are breached. The Data Security and Breach Notification Act was introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein…
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Hotel Franchise Firm White Lodging Investigates Breach
And another shoe drops. Brian Krebs reports: White Lodging, a company that maintains hotel franchises under nationwide brands including Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton and Westin appears to have suffered a data breach that exposed credit and debit card information on thousands of guests throughout much of 2013, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Earlier this month, multiple sources in the banking industry began sharing data…
Big Tree Solutions data breach affected those who ordered online from restaurants (update 1)
Yesterday, in commenting on the Bike Waiter breach, I wisely thought to contact Big Tree Solutions to inquire whether any of their other clients were affected by the breach reported by Bike Waiter. Big Tree Solutions did not respond to my e-mail inquiry, but today, I find that San Diego-based Bring It To Me is…
California sues Kaiser over data breach
Tish Kraft reports an update to a breach previously reported on this blog: California’s attorney general sued Kaiser for unfair competition related to 20,539 employee Social Security numbers being found on a hard drive sold at a thrift store. Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, on behalf of the people of California, sued Kaiser Foundation Health…
Update: Neiman-Marcus reports breach involved two related malware insertions
In a letter dated January 25 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, retailer Neiman-Marcus disclosed some additional details concerning the breach and their attempts to address consumer concerns. As previously reported, in mid-December, Neiman-Marcus learned from its merchant processor of unauthorized payment card activity following purchases at Neiman-Marcus stores. On January 1, Neiman-Marcus learned,…
Five steps to take if you’ve become a victim of ID theft
Over on CreditSesame.com, Kimberly Rotter wrote a tips article, “5 Steps to Take Immediately If You’ve Been a Victim of Identity Theft.” The article was also reproduced on Lifehacker. To briefly summarize the article, it lists some examples of identity theft and then recommends the following five actions (with additional info on each of the following):…