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…
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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…
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center investigating scheme in which employee information misused for tax refund fraud scheme (updated)
Sean D. Hammill reports: UPMC said today that it is investigating how 22 employees have had their private identity information compromised as part of a “tax fraud” scheme. “We have become aware that approximately 22 of our employees have been victimized,” UPMC said in a statement. “We are aggressively investigating with the United States Secret…
Lawsuits against Target continue to be filed in wake of breach
MPR News reports that several Minnesota banks have sued Target over its recent data breach: The First Farmers & Merchants National Banks of Grand Meadow, Cannon Falls, Luverne, Fairmont, and Brownsdale. And for those keeping count, MPR reports: So far, Target now faces 22 data breach lawsuits in the Minnesota U.S. District Court alone. The…
Indiana University notifying 146,000 current & former students that details were accessed by webcrawlers over 11-month period
Indiana University issued the following statement today: Indiana University notified the Indiana attorney general’s office today of the potential exposure of personal data for some students and recent graduates. The data potentially at risk for disclosure includes names, addresses and Social Security numbers for approximately 146,000 students and recent graduates across seven IU campuses who…