Judy Greenwald reports: A federal appellate court ruled Thursday that shoe retailer DSW Shoe Warehouse Inc. was entitled to insurance coverage of more than $6.8 million in stipulated losses and prejudgment interest from a Chartis Inc. unit in connection with a 2005 computer breach. In an incident widely reported at the time, DSW, a subsidiary…
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SBCSC computer glitch may have caused security breach
Jenn Zellers reports that a computer glitch experienced by the South Bend Community School Corporation in Indiana exposed some employees’ Social Security numbers: The district says when it changed student management systems, some employee social security numbers accidentally transferred over. According to the district, the numbers could only be seen by employees being trained on…
Some Bellacor customers who ordered online notified of security breach
Home lighting and furnishings retailer Bellacor has notified some of its web site customers of a recent breach. In their letter , a copy of which was posted on California’s breach report site, President and CEO James Lawrence informed those affected that their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and encrypted credit card numbers with security codes…
Woman sentenced in $9 million ATM hacking
A participant in the November, 2008 WorldPay hack that resulted in $9 million run on ATM machines was just sentenced this week. Read about it on AJC.
Thousands receive a letter about a possible information breach at Colorado State U. – Pueblo
Lacey Steele reports that Colorado State U. – Pueblo has notified over 19,000 students and applicants of what they believe is a low-threat breach: A few students accidentally gained access to some files containing personal information, but they told school authorities immediately and the problem was fixed. Read more on KOAA.
SC: 34,000 exposed in U. South Carolina breach
Andrew Shain reports: The University of South Carolina said today that confidential information about 34,000 people could have been exposed in a hacker attack on the College of Education’s web server. The school said it discovered the breach on June 6. No evidence was found that the hackers accessed every record on this server, but…