Add Tufts University to the list of educational institutions reporting a breach this year. On July 7, the university notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop used by a professor conducting research at Massachusetts General Hospital also contained a file with information on applicants to Tufts’ Graduate School of Arts and Science…
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Widespread malware attack affects some Ascensus clients
Ascensus Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office this week that on April 15, they were notified by federal investigators that computers on their network had been infected by a “new malware virus” that had infected a lot of companies’ computers. A forensic examination revealed that the malware had created files containing some individuals’…
Nyack Hospital employees warned after sensitive data stolen
Jane Lerner reports: Former and current Nyack Hospital employees, as well as their spouses and children, are at risk of identity theft because a computer hard drive containing personal information was stolen from the hospital, officials said. Sensitive data, including names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers, were stored on a hard drive…
Bank recovers some of $28K stolen from Eliot account – but was this crime preventable?
OK, now this is somewhat disturbing: it appears that even when a bank was warned that accounts were about to be raided, they failed to prevent it. David Ramsay reports: TD Bank has notified the town it has recovered a portion of the $28,000 stolen on July 12 from the town’s direct deposit bank account….
Commentary: Belmont bank must pay fine for data breach, but was a fine too harsh?
Greg Turner reports: Belmont Savings Bank agreed to pay $7,500 in a settlement of a consumer data breach case with the state attorney general’s office. In May, the bank lost an unencrypted computer tape containing the personal information of more than 13,000 customers. A bank employee left the backup tape on a desk instead of…
Man sentenced in Sacramento for massive ID theft scheme
A Long Beach man accused of conducting a massive identity theft scheme was sentenced today in federal court in Sacramento to more than 12 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced That Tien Truong Nguyen, 34, to 12 years and seven months in prison for conspiring to commit computer fraud and…