Following up on an insider breach at the Golden Town Buffet reported previously on this blog: the defendant who pleaded guilty last month, Heng Li, has been sentenced to 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison for skimming credit card numbers. Read more on CBS Albany.
Category: U.S.
Lawmakers ask for deeper look into FDA security hack
Josh Lowensohn reports: Washington lawmakers today asked for a more thorough review of a security attack against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this year, which resulted in compromised data. That attack took place on October 15th, 2013, which was the last day of the US government shutdown, and resulted in a breach of…
National American University students’ financial information exposed, but what laws protect them?
Joe O’Sullivan reports: When National American University moved from one Rapid City campus to a new location earlier this year, the school or a contractor appears to have improperly disposed of thousands of sensitive student financial records that included names, addresses, loan numbers and Social Security numbers, according to documents reviewed by the Rapid City…
Breach at Maricopa Community Colleges may cost $14 million
Mary Beth Faller reports: A massive data breach at Maricopa Community Colleges was a result of staff errors in the information technology department, and the estimated cost of fixing the problem and aiding victims could rise as high as $14 million. An official with the Maricopa County Community College District said an outside consultant had…
JPMorgan Chase breach update: pile on…
The JPMorgan Chase Ucard breach reported previously on this blog affects residents of numerous states. As such, not only do I expect to see lawsuits filed, but state attorneys general will likely jump into the act to protect their respective residents. Did JPMorgan Chase promptly notify their residents and are they offering enough remediation and…
Insider breach at NYC Bed Bath & Beyond: cashier stole customers’ credit card information
If you shopped at the Bed Bath & Beyond store on E. 61st in New York City between August 5 and September 19, you may want to check your credit card statements. On September 19, the retailer discovered that some customers’ credit card information was compromised by a cashier at that store. The notification sent…