Bed Bath & Beyond is notifying customers who made purchases at one of their New York stores that their payment card data may have been compromised. The breach affects only those shopping at 1932 Broadway in New York City between March 7 and August 3, 2015. The breach involves one apparently rogue cashier, and not all…
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Banks: Card Breach at Hilton Hotel Properties
Brian Krebs reports that Hilton Worldwide is investigating reports from multiple sources that Hilton Hotel properties have experienced a payment card breach – likely in point-of-sale devices inside their franchised gift shops, coffee bars, and restaurants. Krebs reports: However, sources at five different banks say they have now determined that the common point-of-purchase for cards included in…
KY: North Oldham High School student data potentially compromised after employee falls for phishing attempt
Allison Ross reports: North Oldham High School is alerting 2,800 current and former students that a data breach earlier this month could have exposed their names, social security numbers and other personal information. On Sept. 10, an outside scammer breached a computer after a nutrition services staff member at the school “ended up at a website…
MI: Mental health patients’ insurance information in stolen courier’s car
Shandra Martinez reports: A Wyoming medical billing firm is trying to contact patients of one its clients that a vehicle theft could result in a data breach of customer information. Insurance Data Services, at 1161 58th St. in Wyoming, says a West Michigan Delivery Service courier car delivering mailings for a client was stolen Sept….
Premera sued – and sued – and sued – over security breaches
Coral Garnick reports that there have been 38 lawsuits filed and continuing investigations into the Premera breach. Mountlake Terrace-based Premera maintains that it does not “have any evidence that there was any criminal activity on anyone’s account as a result of the cyberattack,” company spokeswoman Melanie Coon said in an email statement. However, the company faces…
Woman sentenced to probation in theft of patient records from Wichita surgery center
Gabriella Dunn reports: A woman who took confidential information about patients at a Wichita surgery center was sentenced to 18 months of probation for seven counts of felony computer fraud Wednesday. …. [April] Galvan took the patient information during a mass forward of e-mails from her work account to her personal Gmail account right before…