There was a time when if an entity offered two years of free credit monitoring/credit restoration services to breach victims, that was considered unusual and commendable. And when the University of Maryland offered five years of credit monitoring services following a breach there, that was really surprising. But as consumers have often noted, if your…
OR: Leak of Kitzhaber’s emails, state audit intertwined
Peter Wong and Hillary Borrud report: The leak of former Gov. John Kitzhaber’s emails occurred at a time when state auditors were reviewing security controls at the state data center where the emails are stored. The routine audit, which is ongoing, was already underway when the leak occurred and it is unrelated to the criminal…
UK: Police officer faces jail after gaining unauthorized access to information on Leicestershire Police force computers
Suzy Gibson reports: A police officer who gained unauthorised access to information on force computers could be facing a jail sentence. PC Andrew Clay, 50, appeared at Leicester Crown Court to plead guilty to six charges of securing unauthorised access to computer material, between September 2002 and March 2013. Five counts relate to seeking information about…
Cyber angst: Orange County companies zero in on data breaches
Margot Roosevelt reports: Last year, according to the Mount Olympus Mortgage Co. in Irvine, several of its officers secretly downloaded confidential information on hundreds of loan customers and transferred five gigabytes of data to a competitor. The loan officers then deleted files and emails on their computers and went to work for that rival, Chicago-based lender Guaranteed…
Feds investigating $1.7M possibly stolen from Centra credit union
Ashley Walter reports: Federal authorities are investigating the possible theft of $1.7 million from Centra‘s credit union. […] Since the investigation began in early January, the credit union manager and two other employees of the credit union have been on unpaid, administrative leave and still are. Read more on The News & Advance.
PA: Benecard employees say data breach made them victims of tax refund fraud
Barbara Miller reports: A class action lawsuit filed Feb. 26 claims prescription benefit company Benecard Services Inc., which has an office in Mechanicsburg, failed to notify former employees and customers of a recent data breach. The suit, filed in U.S. Middle District Court by Harrisburg attorney Benjamin Andreozzi, is on behalf of five former employees…