Mark Govaki reports: The attorney for a former defense contractor employee accused of stealing sensitive government data questioned the timing and scope of federal agents’ search and why the FBI would erase surveillance video. John M. Sember, 28, is accused in a complaint filed in Dayton’s U.S. District Court of either destroying or taking sensitive…
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KeyPoint suffers computer breach, potentially exposing thousands of federal workers
Drew Hansen reports that one of the companies that took on more background checks for the federal Office of Personnel Management after USIS‘s breach has had its own breach: Federal officials are saying the personal information of thousands of employees has been compromised by a computer breach at KeyPoint Government Solutions Inc., according to reports. The…
More parking facilities affected by DataPark breach
More on the DataPark breach previously noted on this blog as impacting customers of the St. Louis Parking Company in Missouri: ABM Parking Services, Inc. announced that Datapark, a vendor that provides and maintains point of service software for several Chicago parking facilities managed by ABM Parking, confirmed a data security incident. This incident may involve certain customer…
VA: Data Breach at Popular Restaurant Kickback Jacks Leaves Customers Vulnerable
Michael writes: Cyber criminals strike again and this time it is a popular restaurant at West End called Kickback Jacks whose customer databank has been compromised. […] While divulging details of the investigation to the public Lt. Chris Eley of Henrico police department stated at though the cards were used at Kickback Jacks the breach…
State Compensation Insurance Fund notifies claimants of breach
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund has been notifying compensation claimants of a data breach involving one of its service providers. The state learned of the attack on the system of Lucy Gomez Blanking Interpreting, Inc. on October 24. They did not disclose when the attack had actually occurred. Although there was not a lot of detail…
Simms Fishing Products notifies customers of payment card compromise
Simms Fishing Products in Bozeman, Montana is notifying customers after their hosting service discovered that malware had been inserted that seemingly captured customers’ name, address, and credit card information, including the credit card number, expiration date, and CVV2 code. Cards use for purchases made between September 1 and November 6, 2014 may have been compromised. Simms notes that their unnamed website…