WFTV reports: Several local law firms could be in hot water for dumping sensitive information containing client information into a dumpster. Law firms are supposed to shred or burn the information, officials said, but piles of sensitive documents, including bank account information, were in plain sight. Unfortunately, they don’t report the names of the law…
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Sally Beauty Provides Update On Recent Security Investigation
DENTON, Texas — May 28, 2015 Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) updated its customers today on its ongoing investigation of the illegal intrusion into its payment card systems and efforts to provide support to customers who may have been affected by the incident. As previously announced, the Company began an investigation into a possible…
MS Sheriff’s Office Employee Used Stolen IDs to File Fraudulent Tax Returns
United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted a Mississippi woman for being part of a scheme to file fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities and causing the refunds to be mailed to post office boxes in Louisiana. Shannon A. Brumfield, 48, of Byram, Miss., was indicted on…
TX: Blue Goose Cantina Linked to Credit Card Theft
Katy Blakey reports that Blue Goose Cantina in McKinney has confirmed a payment card system breach that has impacted customers. In a statement to NBC5, the majority owner of Blue Goose Cantina, Jill Peterson, wrote: Last Wednesday evening we received a complaint from one of our guests that unauthorized charges had been made on his son’s…
Heartland Payment Systems reports another breach (UPDATED)
Update: Heartland responded to this post with a statement. See the Comments section for their statement. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (“Heartland”), who made news when they disclosed a huge breach on President Obama’s first inauguration day, has reported another breach. This one appears to involve Heartland Payroll Solutions, Inc. In a letter to those affected, Heartland…
United Recovery Group notifying patients of HIPAA privacy breach (updated)
Florida-based Unity Recovery Group is notifying patients of a HIPAA breach that involved disclosure of their protected healthy information to providers outside their network without prior written consent. The breach apparently began in April 2014 and continued for a full year, until it was discovered in April of this year, as their letter explains: We…