George Mason University recently notified 4,400 people that personal information stored in a Travel Request Applications database could have been accessed due to a malware intrusion. Forensic examination of the server did not find any evidence of access to the data or exfiltration, but could not conclusively rule out the possibility. The intrusion was discovered…
Category: U.S.
Yandy breach impacted over 44,000 online customers
Quick update: The Yandy breach, disclosed previously on this blog, may have affected 44,724 customers, according to a letter from their attorneys to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.
NY: Port Jefferson parents get wrong exam scores
Schools re-opened on Long Island right after Labor Day, and look, we already have a privacy breach. Elana Glowatz reports: Port Jefferson school district Superintendent Ken Bossert assured the community on Tuesday that an error that sent state test scores to the wrong households was a one-time occurrence. Many middle school parents visited the district…
Tens of thousands of San Diego hotel guests may have had card information compromised
Back on September 2, I reported a breach involving 5 San Diego hotels owned by Bartell Hotels. In the past few days, mainstream media seems to have caught up with the story. Of note, the Times of San Diego reports that the breach may affect as many as 55,000 guests’ names and card information.
Home Depot breach might impact 60M
Nicole Perlroth reports: Home Depot confirmed on Monday that hackers had broken into its in-store payments systems, in what could be the largest known breach of a retail company’s computer network. The retailer said the exact number of customers affected was still not clear. But a person briefed on the investigation said the total number…
And we’re off and running, Tuesday edition
Reuters reports: At least five states have launched a joint probe into the data breach on the payment-card processing systems of Home Depot, even as the retailer works to determine the impact on its customers in the United States and Canada. The coordinated effort was disclosed on Tuesday, a day after Home Depot confirmed suspicions…