As a follow-up to a breach reported here at the beginning of the week, WGAL reported on Friday that the Messiah College employee who had misplaced a hard drive containing personally identifiable information from the financial aid office has found it. As the AP notes, however, the notification letters to 43,000 affected individuals already went out…
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NC movers get apology for data breach
The N.C. Utilities Commission is eating crow after inadvertently posting a Greensboro moving company’s confidential information online in violation of the commission’s own privacy policy. The gaffe happens at a time when the commission has issued fines of up to $1,000 against more than 50 moving companies – and is threatening to yank their operating…
IN: Some 1st Source Bank customers get letter informing them of possible security breach
Rich Molina reports: A suspected security breach may have compromised the personal data of some customers at a local bank. Some 1st Source Bank customers got a letter Friday informing them they will be getting a new pin and debit card in the mail. The letter said there was a breach at a third-party payment…
Insurance Glitch Affects AARP Customers
A Glen Burnie man helped uncover an error in the AARP insurance program that sent life insurance reviews to the wrong customers, compromising their identities…… “I looked at the form, and I was shocked. It didn’t have my name on it, phone number, date of birth or my policy number. It had someone else’s personal…
Class-action suit filed against UH over data breaches
Gene Park reports: The University of Hawaii is now the target of a class-action lawsuit filed today, as a result of recent data breaches. The main plaintiff in the case, Philippe Gross, was a student at the Manoa campus from 1990 through 1998. He said four other names have been attached to his social security…
(Update) Miami Man Sentenced to 121 Months in Prison for Purchasing, Selling and Using Stolen Credit Card Information
Juan Javier Cardenas of Miami was sentenced yesterday in the Southern District of Florida to 121 months in prison for buying, trafficking and possessing stolen credit card information. U.S. District Court Judge K. Michael Moore also ordered Cardenas to serve 3 years of supervised release following his prison term, pay restitution in the amount of…