Katrina Butcher reports: The City of Stillwater announced Wednesday that the information for about 3,000 people has been compromised after an unauthorized party had access to a city computer. Officials say the unauthorized party had access to the computer for 22 days. Records with personal information dating from March 15, 2015, to May 16, 2017, for…
Target to Pay 47 States $18.5M to Settle Data Breach Case
Stephen Joyce reports: Target Corp. will pay $18.5 million to settle state enforcement actions over the retailer’s payment card hacking breach that affected as many as 60 million customers during the 2013 winter holiday shopping season, a coalition of 47 state attorneys general announced May 23. The settlement capped an investigation led by Illinois Attorney…
NY: Niskayuna school laptop stolen, 945 students’ personal information on device
The personal information of 945 students, both past, and present, was compromised as a result of a thief stealing the laptop of a Niskayuna school psychologist. The school psychologist had been on vacation in Virginia over the school’s spring break period and their car was broken into and the laptop was taken. The window of…
Calling time of death on HHS’s “breach tool”
I was excited back in 2010 when HHS started posting breaches on what some would call the “wall of shame.” I knew that we’d only learn about breaches involving HIPAA-covered entities, but at least we were finally starting to get some actual data. Now, more than 6 years later, it’s become clear to me that it’s probably best to just call time of death…
Blackburn High School families’ details illegally downloaded in targeted attack
Ebony Bowden reports: Police are investigating a major privacy breach at a Melbourne high school, which saw the personal information of families, including their phone numbers, addresses and Medicare details, published online. It’s believed a number of parents at Blackburn High School also provided their credit card details to scammers, after a phishing email masquerading as a…
1.5 million students’ data leaked online, put up for sale for up to Rs60,000
Rozelle Laha reports: Phone numbers, email ID and addresses of at least 1.5 million students are available for a price, although it isn’t clear how this happened. For between Rs1,000 and Rs60,000 it is possible to get information on at least 1.5 million students who appeared for examinations of several types since 2009. Read more on…