Morgan Smith reports that a breach involving the Texas Education Agency was much worse than originally reported. Last month, the TEA reported that an unencrypted disk containing data on almost 25,000 Laredo Independent School District students had gone missing. But when the Texas Tribune obtained records about the breach, they discovered that there were data…
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AU: Privacy czar to investigate Epsilon email breach
Fallout from the attack on the giant US marketing and communications firm continues to spread, and may affect millions of consumers globally. Dell Australia remains the only local company to admit customer data was compromised when hackers hit Epsilon’s Dallas headquarters last week. While Epsilon has offices in Sydney and Melbourne, it’s not yet clear…
Former Emily Morgan hotel worker pleads guilty in massive theft case
In what has been a looong-running ID theft case involving paper records stolen from the Emily Morgan Hotel in Texas, another defendant, Cody Jones, has pleaded guilty.
House Lawmakers Want Info About Data Breach – So Do I!
Earlier today, I noted that Senator Blumenthal had asked Attorney General Holder to open an investigation into the Epsilon breach. Also today, some members of the House decided that they wanted some answers, too. Juliana Gruenwald reports: In a letter Wednesday to Epsilon’s parent company, Alliance Data Systems, the leaders of the Subcommittee on Commerce,…
The Hartford notifies employees that infected servers may have captured their personal information
On February 28, The Hartford detected that a virus had infected their Windows-based servers. The virus had the potential to capture personal information involved in online transactions including bank account numbers, Social Security Numbers, user account logins/passwords, and credit card numbers. By letter dated March 10 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, The Hartford…
Blumenthal asks for Epsilon investigation
I knew I’d enjoy seeing what Senator Blumenthal would do on consumer privacy issues now that he’s in the Senate. Hayley Tsukayama reports: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said that he has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation into the Epsilon data leak that affected millions of consumers this week. In…