The folks that we hope will look out for us so we don’t become victims of identity theft for tax refund fraud seem to be having problems with their own data. Stephen Ohlemacher of Associated Press reports: The Internal Revenue Service is reporting a potential security breach involving personal information about 20,000 IRS workers, former…
Category: U.S.
LifeLock under investigation by the FTC
Well, LifeLock said they come under investigation by the FTC, and it seems they are. SeekingAlpha points us to LifeLock’s most recent 8-K, which says, in part: On March 13, 2014, LifeLock received, as expected, a request from the FTC for documents and information related to LifeLock’s compliance with the FTC Stipulated Final Judgment and…
N.Y. Court: Zurich Not Obligated to Defend Sony Units in Data Breach Litigation
Young Ha reports: A New York trial court recently ruled in a commercial general liability (CGL) policy coverage case that Zurich American Insurance Co. has no duty to defend Sony Corp. of America and Sony Computer Entertainment America in litigation stemming from the April 2011 hacking of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation online services. Ruling on the…
OH: Hundreds of Hickory Grove customers report fraudulent charges
Jasmine Rogers reports: Suspicious charges connected to cards swiped at Hickory Grove, a gas station and grocery store along Ohio 339, have been traced back to at least a month ago. While close to 100 people have already reported fraudulent charges, that number could climb as high as 200 or 300 as more people begin…
NY: Email gaffe at Syracuse City Hall affects retired police officers
Jim Kenyon reports: The President of the Retired Police Officers Association says it came as quite a scare to 300 retired Syracuse police officers when they received this letter from Syracuse City Hall on Friday. […] The letter told the retired cops that there was a data breach within the Personnel Department. The retired officers and their dependents (sic) personal information including names, addresses and social security numbers had been compromised. […] According…
Sally Beauty revises report, acknowledges some customer data stolen
Sally Beauty has updated its report on a security breach first disclosed by security researcher Brian Krebs: In a new statement on their website, they write: As we previously stated on March 5th, our systems detected an unauthorized attempted intrusion into our Sally Beauty Supply LLC network. At the time of this discovery, we immediately…