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Amway responds: “Our house has not been broken into”

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Dissent

Yesterday, I posted an entry about a recent breach reported by Amway Global that seemed essentially identical to a breach that they reported last year. I questioned whether Quixtar/Amway had correctly identified the source of the earlier breach and perhaps failed to address it. I had called Amway to discuss the breaches, but had not…

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Man: Toyota Gave Customer’s Personal Info

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Dissent

From the still-shaking-my-head dept.: Okay, this isn’t one of those huge breaches that get a lot of media coverage, but really, folks…. A Connecticut man says that he received hundreds of calls from Toyota over a six month period, claiming that he owed them money on car payments. He kept telling them that he was…

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RBS Gets an OK on PCI, But Is It Back in Visa’s Good Graces?

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

Digital Transactions reports: RBS WorldPay Inc., the other big merchant acquirer besides Heartland Payment Systems Inc. to report a major data breach in recent months, this week announced that it has attained validated compliance with the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, or PCI.

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DHS: Information-sharing platform hacked

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

Ben Bain of FederalComputerWeek reports: The Homeland Security Department’s platform for sharing sensitive but unclassified data with state and local authorities was hacked recently, a DHS official has confirmed. The intrusion into the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) was confirmed to Federal Computer Week by Harry McDavid, the chief information officer for DHS’ Office of…

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TX: Medical records found in recycling bin

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

Erin Cargile and Hal Nelson of KXAN report that “dozens of boxes with thousands of patients’ personal information and medical histories” and Social Security numbers were dumped in a recycling bin outside a Goodwill store in Cedar Park at Parmer Lane and FM 1431. So far, no word on who the responsible party or parties…

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Deja vu all over again: Amway Corp. reports second security breach

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

In a breach report that is eerily reminiscent of an incident last year, Amway Corp. has reported a web site breach that has enabled fraudsters to obtain some Amway independent business owners (IBOs)’ personal information and attempt to divert bonus payments by altering their banking information.

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