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NY: Town of Brookhaven data breach ‘was clerical error,’ officials say

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

Deon J. Hampton reports: Brookhaven Supervisor Edward P. Romaine on Thursday handed off an investigation into the inadvertent online posting of personal information to the town’s law department — the same unit that made the mistake. […] Town officials did not release the name of the employee who mistakenly made public the Social Security numbers…

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NYS DMV clerk charged with illegal search of DMV records

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Dissent

New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott announced today that a Seneca County clerk has been charged with illegally accessing the computer records of a local motorist. Patricia I. Bourne, a 56-year-old License Clerk from Waterloo, was charged with 11 felony counts of Computer Trespass and one misdemeanor count of Official Misconduct for repeatedly…

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Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi to notify customers of security breach

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Dissent

So it seems Anasazi Hotel LLC had a server compromise that began on June 18, 2012, but they didn’t find out until they were notified by their card processor on March 21, 2013. Now, almost a year after the breach began, they will first be sending out letters to those who stayed at the Rosewood…

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California agencies’ clients vulnerable to ID theft

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Dissent

Shoshana Walter of The Center for Investigative Reporting has a piece on state agency data breaches, here.

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Utah DMV reveals data breach discovered in March

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Dissent

Michael McFall reports: A Utah Division of Motor Vehicles employee was fired in March after the agency discovered she allegedly gave out people’s personal information. In response to a Salt Lake Tribune inquiry, DMV spokesman Charlie Roberts confirmed that the agency first learned from the Salt Lake City Fire Department in mid-March that the employee, who was…

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Visa seeks partial dismissal of Genesco’s data breach lawsuit

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Dissent

Small update on Genesco’s lawsuit against Visa, discussed previously on this blog. Duane Marsteller reports: Visa has asked a federal judge to partially dismiss Nashville-based retailer Genesco Inc.’s data-breach lawsuit against it, court records show. In a motion filed last week, the card company said two of Genesco’s seven causes of action should be stricken…

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