Back in February, this site noted a report indicating that Roterham Council had covered up the theft of 21 laptops containing sensitive information about victims of child sexual exploitation. Now more details have emerged about the cover up. Chris Burn of The Star reports on documents obtained under Freedom of Information from the Information Commissioner’s Office….
Hackers intercept NZ taxidermy company’s invoices, trick clients
Nick Truebridge reports: A South Canterbury business has been hit by hackers who intercepted its invoices and prompted clients to deposit money into foreign bank accounts. Kerry O’Rourke, a part-owner in Pleasant Point’s O’Rourke Brothers Taxidermy, said far only one of O’Rourke’s clients has been sucked into the scam, losing “probably about €2000 ($3583) into an…
Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation patients notified after computer theft
Patients at Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation – Lawton are being notified that a computer containing limited health information was stolen from a locked office. Kindred learned of the theft on August 31, although it may have occurred as early as August 28. In a letter dated September 21, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Kelly Priegnitz writes that…
VacationRentPayment notifies customers whose account application information was hacked
YapStone (VacationRentPayments) is notifying some property managers and others who use their service to receive vacation rental payments that personal information in their account applications was compromised by unauthorized persons. In a letter dated September 11, YapStone CEO Thomas J. Villante writes that email and postal address, Social Security number, driver’s license number, date of birth, and bank…
Ca: Some Rogers Communications’ customer data stolen by former contractor’s employee
Morgan Modjeski reports that Rogers Communications is notifying 226 customers that a former employee of a contractor had stolen their personal information. Rogers reportedly only learned of the breach when York Regional Police notified them that in the course of an investigation, they had found customers’ telephone numbers, full names, credit card information and even Social Insurance…
WI: Educators Credit Union ATMs hit by skimmers
Michael Burke reports: Educators Credit Union reported Tuesday that five of its ATM machines, including one at 3525 Rapids Drive in Racine, were hit by the growing credit and debit card fraud called skimming. ECU Security Director Angela Langdon said just over 600 of ECU’s 128,000 members had their financial information stolen. Read more on…