Tim Saunders reports: More than 100 people who work for Randolph College in Lynchburg have encountered problems this year while trying to file their tax returns. That’s because their personal information was stolen in what appears to be a data breach. […] As of Monday 103 people who work for Randolph have reported a recent…
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FL Dept. of Health Palm Beach County Notification of Breach
From their public statement today: Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County is issuing a public notice of an unauthorized disclosure and/or use of protected health information pertaining to some clients of its Health Centers. Federal law enforcement officials informed the department they had obtained a list of names, birth dates, social security numbers,…
Lamar County School District: 28 employees’ personal information exposed in data breach (UPDATED)
Jacque Masse reports on another breach that is linked to Innovak: Some Lamar County School District employees’ had their personal information compromised after an employee portal experienced a data breach. According to Lamar County Superintendent Tess Smith, the district uses a company called INNOVAK that allows staff to access their pay stubs and W2s through the…
Lessons from the Olympus Mortgage vs. Guaranteed Rate Case
Craig Nazarro of Baker Donelson writes about an insider breach case previously covered on this blog: Late last month a jury awarded Mount Olympus Mortgage Company (MOMC) more than $25 million for their claims against Guaranteed Rate (Guaranteed), which alleged Guaranteed along with other former employees of MOMC illegally transferred hundreds of loan files from…
‘Inadvertent’ cyber breach hits 44,000 FDIC customers
Joe Davidson reports: In yet another example of fragile security in federal cyber systems, data for 44,000 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. customers was breached by an employee leaving the agency. The breach occurred in February and was outlined in an internal FDIC memorandum obtained by The Washington Post. The March 18 memo from Lawrence Gross Jr.,…
Sweden Military Servers Hacked, Used in 2013 Attack on US Banks
Sometimes it takes years before we find out more details about a particular attack. On Friday, AFP reported that the source of months-long DDoS attacks on U.S. banks in 2012-2013 were compromised Swedish military computers that were used to launch the attacks. An Iranian hacktivist group had claimed responsibility for the attacks. Speaking to AFP, military…