Ellen Nakashima reports: Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded to the breach. Read more on Washington Post.
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CA: Courthouse data breach exposes personal information
Monica Vaughan reports: Private personal information of potentially thousands of people was unintentionally available on public access computers in the Sutter County Superior Courthouse on Monday. The data breach occurred when a new case management system went live Monday morning. The system was taken down the same afternoon after an Appeal-Democrat reporter alerted Court Executive…
Kern County Mental Health Dept. self-reports data breach
From their notice posted yesterday on their web site: This letter is to inform you of a recent security incident that occurred on 4/15/16 at the Kern County Mental Health Administration offices. Our administration offices recently relocated. During the move, a report was inadvertently left behind in a vacated section of the building that had…
IL: Officials investigate breach of retirement accounts
John Kass and William Lee report: Officials with insurance and financial services giant Nationwide are working with city and federal officials to learn how the retirement accounts of 91 municipal employees were breached earlier this month. Workers with Nationwide Retirement Solutions noticed “suspicious activity” with some 457 deferred compensation accounts for municipal employees similar to…
Insurance agents in Virginia may have had personal data stolen
Kimberley Pierceall reports: If you sold insurance in Virginia but your license lapsed or expired between 1979 and 2004, a state agency suspects your personal information may have been stolen. Virginia’s State Corporation Commission says a former contractor for the agency may have copied insurance agent files that included names, Social Security numbers or driver’s…
There’s the Beef: Wendy’s Breach Numbers About to Get Much Meatier
Brian Krebs reports: When news broke last month that the credit card breach at fast food chain Wendy’s impacted fewer than 300 out of the company’s 5,800 locations, the response from many readers was, “Where’s the Breach?” Today, Wendy’s said the number of stores impacted by the breach is “significantly higher” and that the intrusion may not yet be contained. Read more…