eCommerce payment processor EasyDraft is notifying Bright Horizons Family Solutions customers of a breach that started in October 2012 with a misconfigured server. The breach wasn’t discovered until January 2014, however, when Bright Horizons contacted EasyDraft to alert them to the problem. In their report to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, lawyers for EasyDraft write: We…
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GA: Biomat USA Employee Sentenced For Identity Theft Charges
Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Bridgette Williams, aged 31, of Macon, Georgia, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal on Thursday, January 23, 2014, to serve six (6) months imprisonment in a case of conspiracy to commit fraudulent claims, identity theft and…
FBI warns retailers to expect more credit card breaches
The FBI has warned U.S. retailers to prepare for more cyber attacks after discovering about 20 hacking cases in the past year that involved the same kind of malicious software used against Target Corp in the holiday shopping season. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation distributed a confidential, three-page report to retail companies last week…
MN: Former state employee convicted of identity theft
Emily Gurnon has an update on the case of a former Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry employee charged with stealing employees’ information: Roxanne K. DeFlorin, a former state staffer who had the personal information of hundreds of public employees at her home, was convicted Wednesday of identity theft by a Ramsey County jury. Representing…
Update: Neiman Marcus says security breach may affect up to 1.1 million cards
Associated Press reports that retailer Neiman Marcus now says that up to 1.1 million customers’ card may be compromised by a breach that occurred between July and October. In their updated statement on their website, CEO Karen Katz writes: We deeply regret and are very sorry that some of our customers’ payment cards were used…
Update on the VA’s eBenefits website breach
The VA responded to my email inquiries about the recently disclosed breach involving the eBenefits web site with the following statement: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) takes seriously our obligation to properly safeguard personal information. During a limited period of time Wednesday evening, as part of a process to improve software supporting the joint…