On June 11, the Illinois Auditor General issued its audit of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The auditors found that: The Department was not able to locate computer equipment and did not adequately plan, coordinate, and verify the transfer of EDP equipment to the Department of Central Management Services (CMS). The Department conducts…
Category: U.S.
Heartland, RBS WorldPay lawsuits consolidated
Dan Kaplan of SC Magazine reports that in separate judgments, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided this week that lawsuits against Heartland will be heard in Texas, while action against RBS WorldPay will be moved to Georgia: “These actions share factual allegations concerning an electronic intrusion into Heartland’s processing system,” said the transfer…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Federal prosecutors in Virginia have leveled conspiracy and bank-fraud charges against the alleged leader and nine members of a national organization of high-tech pickpockets called “Cannon to the Wiz” that’s been the scourge of police around the country since at least early 2007. Personal info on over 120 victims was found…
Stolen CS Stars laptop had claimants’ data
On June 2, CS Stars notified the New Hampshire Attorney General that a portable hard drive containing unencrypted personal information was stolen from an employee’s car on May 9. The total number of claimants affected was not indicated, but there were 94 residents of New Hampshire affected. According to their letter (pdf), CS Stars provides…
T-Mobile Hacked? Yes. Maybe. No.
It’s been a confusing few days for those trying to understand what T-Mobile press releases were really saying about what they found when they investigated claims on the Full Disclosure mail list. Their somewhat terse statements led some of us to conclude that they were saying that they had some evidence of data theft, while…
IN: Pharmacy pays fine for jeopardizing patient information
In 2006, WTHR in Indianapolis ran a series of investigative reports on how local pharmacies were trashing sensitive prescription information. Their series resulted in legislative and state investigations and rightfully earned them a Peabody Award for the series. But the impact of their series is still being felt. Today, they report that Low Cost Pharmacy…