I’ve occasionally commented that consumers shouldn’t have to go to the media to get a breach or data leak addressed. Neither should students, but that’s what happened this week to Kierra Perry. Perry applied to Tyler Junior College in Texas. As part of the process, she also applied for housing and completed the background check…
Category: U.S.
Sands Update: Hackers stole personal information of tens of thousands of Pennsylvania casino patrons
Hannah Dreier of Associated Press reports: Computer hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of Las Vegas Sands customers during a data breach earlier this month, the casino company said Friday. The company said in a regulatory filing that information about some patrons at its Bethlehem, Pa., hotel-casino was compromised during the Feb….
Jail time for university hacker who changed his grades to straight As
John Hawes reports: A former student of Purdue University in Indiana has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for his part in hacking into college computer systems and changing grades. Roy C. Sun is one of three former Purdue students thought to have been involved in the incident, which occurred between 2008 and 2010 when they…
Employees sue UPMC over security breach
Well, that was fast. And perhaps premature. Kris B. Mamula reports: Two UPMC McKeesport Hospital employees have sued their employer, claiming the hospital and corporate parent failed to protect the personal security information of its workers. Employees Barbara Dittman and Gary Douglas claimed their financial and W2 data were hacked by unknown fraudsters, who opened bank accounts in their names and…
VALIC notifying customers of breach in 2007 (updated)
The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC) is notifying customers of what appears to be an old security lapse. In a letter template submitted yesterday to the California Attorney General, the firm writes: It recently came to our attention that a financial advisor formerly associated with VALIC was in possession of information relating to some of…
More details emerge on 80sTees breach disclosed in 2013
Back in April 2013, 80sTees (80sTees.com) notified a number of state attorneys general that their customer payment card data had been compromised. According to reports to New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland, and California: on January 29, 2013, the Pennsylvania-headquartered firm was asked by Discover to examine their system after suspicious charges were noted on customers’ cards following purchases…