“It’s déjà vu all over again” — noted infosecurity expert Yogi Berra. Veronico Niko, a former Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services employee, has pleaded guilty to stealing names and Social Security numbers for use in a tax refund fraud scheme. Niko, her husband Thomas Marshall, Michael Williams, Mao Niko, and Mike Niko…
Category: U.S.
E-number spreadsheet with Eastern Illinois University student data leaked
Chacour Koop reports: The grade point averages of 430 students were released to 65 students about two and a half weeks ago, which is a violation of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Robert Miller, Eastern’s general counsel, has refused to comment on the violations. Sue Harvey, Eastern’s registrar and FERPA officer, has…
Genesco may sue credit card companies over fines for 2010 data breach
In December 2010, Genesco, the parent company of United States Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Shi by Journeys, Johnston & Murphy, and Underground Station, disclosed its network had been compromised by malware and that it had first learned of the compromise from payment processors. Fast forward two years, and Genesco may be suing American Express, MasterCard and Visa for $15.6 million, according…
EU ministers to consider ‘two-strikes’ rule for data breaches
Jennifer Baker reports: European Union justice ministers will consider a “two-strikes” rule for data breaches. The Irish Presidency of the European Council published a paper on the protection of citizens’ personal data that will be discussed at Justice and Home Affairs Council in Dublin on January 17 and 18. The paper asks European justice ministers…
More details emerge on DoDDS-EU breach
A previously reported breach that affected students at the Ramstein Intermediate School also affected students and sponsors at three other schools under the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity– Europe (DoDDS-Europe). Until now, I didn’t know which other schools were involved, until a small item on Military.com provided their names. On January 7, DoDDS-Europe issued the…
Over 100 Zaxby’s franchises may have had customer credit card data stolen
If you eat at Zaxby’s, you should check to see if your location is affected/ by a security breach. Yesterday, the chain announced that some of their stores (108, so far, by their list) had suspicious files found on their systems that may have exfiltrated customer credit and debit card info. Although the press release does…