From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: Smartphone Experts discovered that the system used for customer payments for online shopping had been hacked. Although stored customer data were encrypted, Diana Kingree, the Senior Vice President of Commerce, noted that the hacker may have been able to use a decryption feature of the system to view customers’ names, addresses,…
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OR: Computer virus blamed for Sandy credit card fraud cases
KATU reports: The reason for why about 30 people had their credit card and debit card numbers stolen in sandy: A computer malware or virus apparently infected a local merchant’s computer, police say. Investigators believe the business is Sandy’s Dairy Queen, but are still looking into other potential compromised businesses, such as the Fred Meyer…
Auburn University error exposes donor and alumni information on public server
On June 19, Auburn University in Alabama learned that spreadsheets containing donor and alumni information had been accidentally uploaded to a public server. The spreadsheets contained an undisclosed number of donor and alumni’s names, maiden names, postal and email addresses, telephone numbers, and Social Security numbers. The spreadsheets also contained former students’ years of attendance,…
Personal identity records found in dumpster along downtown Cleveland sidewalk
Today’s education sector breach: Personal identity records were discovered Tuesday in a dumpster alongside the former Cleveland school administration building. The building is undergoing renovations for a new hotel and the school district says it has been moving decades of records out for safekeeping or shredding. Even so, some personal information has found its way…
How much did that meal really cost you?
Some days, it’s just disheartening how little progress we seem to have made in preventing some of the most common types of breaches. Today’s example is from Glenmont, New York: … everybody who has eaten at the Golden Town Buffet since June 15th through August 5th and used either a credit or debit card to…
Boxes with personal info found in trash
We really need stronger laws protecting the security and disposal of paper records. Today’s example is from Beaverton, Oregon: Seven large boxes filled with personal information of clients from the Sylvan Learning Center, including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and credit card information, were found in a Dumpster in Beaverton. Read more on KOIN….