Oops. Jana Winter reports: Last month, in the wake of a series of massive breaches at the federal Office of Personnel Management, the Army issued a bulletin warning that some victims were being hit by hackers a second time, this time with an email phishing campaign asking them to input personal information into a third-party website to receive…
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KY: Metro employees’ personal information at risk after breach at cloud vendor (updated)
No. This is not yet another data breach in the healthcare sector. What it appears to be is a surprisingly late notification in a previously known breach, though. WLKY reports that the personal information of potentially more than 10,000 Louisville metro workers who have Concentra health insurance may have been impacted by the Medical Informatics Engineering…
Army National Guard Infosec Failure Exposed 850K Service Members’ Info
Earlier this month, this site noted a security failure involving an Army National Guard data transfer. Today, Tara Seals reports that the number impacted is 850,000: The Army National Guard has exposed the personal information of more than 850,000 current and former members, by improperly handling a data transfer. The servicemen and women may have…
More retailers suspend online photo centers in wake of PNI Digital Media breach
And then there were more. Like Walmart Canada and CVS before it, Costco also suspended its photo center in the wake of a breach of third-party vendor PNI Digital Media: PNI removed a list of its clients after Brian Krebs reported on the list, but Brian notes that other clients are also posting notices: Tescophoto.com posted that it…
CVS Probes Card Breach at Online Photo Unit
It’s not just Walmart Canada whose customers were affected by a breach involving third-party vendor PNI Digital Media. Brian Krebs reports that CVS was also affected.
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield offering credit protection to members affected by computer theft
From ABCBS: Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield is taking steps to protect its members and applicants from identity theft after an independent insurance agency was broken into last month. Treat Insurance Agency reported a break-in at its North Little Rock office on June 16, 2015. Two computers, which stored information from 560 Arkansas Blue…