Dozens of old city records containing private information about local military veterans were strewn about a Quincy Center neighborhood Tuesday, blowing around in the wind and available for anyone to pick up and view. The records, some of which contained personal information for Quincy military veterans, such as Social Security numbers, bank account data, healthcare…
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PA: Stolen debit card information in Bradford County (updated)
Haley Burton reports: Pennsylvania State Police in Towanda said more than 200 customers at two banks had their debit card information compromised and used at stores nationwide. Customers at PS Bank located at 76 Church Street and Community Bank N.A. located at 426 State Street, both in Wyalusing, were impacted, according to a news release…
VA: Restaurant worker arrested for skimming credit cards
WUSA reports: Authorities say a restaurant worker was charged with credit card fraud and identity theft after a customer saw him do something suspicious with his credit card. According to Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office officials, 22-year-old Yaoliang Gao of New York was working at the Moca Asian Bistro in the Eastern Marketplace Plaza when he…
Healthcare professionals in North Carolina victims of tax refund fraud
Last May, I reported on a breach affecting patients at Piedmont Healthcare and Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates in North Carolina whose website host, E-dreamz, had been hacked. At the time, I noted that not only patient data but some employee information was involved for Piedmont. Today, Kathryn Burcham of WSOC-TV reports that dozens of Piedmont Healthcare employees…
Seattle University notifies students after learning of possible information exposure
Seattle University was contacted by a student who discovered that permissions for some folders in the university’s Microsoft Exchange folder system had been set incorrectly, allowing anyone with a university email address to gain access to the files in those folders. The university reports that 628 current and former students had personal information in those…
Massachusetts AG Coakley Investigates Potential Data Breach Involving Major Credit Reporting Company; Issues Consumer Advisory
Press release from Massachusetts Attorney General Coakley: Following reports that criminals were able to gain access to a commercial database that contained the personal information, including social security numbers, of more than 200 million U.S. citizens, Attorney General Martha Coakley, along with attorneys general across the country, have opened an investigation into the data broker…