Kyodo reports: Japan Airlines Co. said Wednesday that personal information on up to 750,000 JAL mileage club members may have leaked after someone gained unauthorized access to the company’s computer system The data include members’ names, addresses, birthdays and email addresses, the company said, adding that it has not confirmed the leak of passwords or…
Ex-wife of former Pacific Grove police commander sentenced to prison for identity theft, fraud
Ana Ceballas reports: Kristin Nyunt, the ex-wife of a former Pacific Grove police commander, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison Tuesday for fraud, identity theft and several other charges. Upon reviewing “tens of thousands of emails and text messages” and financial documents, the FBI and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office…
Jimmy John’s Confirms Breach at 216 Stores
Brian Krebs reports: More than seven weeks after this publication broke the news of a possible credit card breach at nationwide sandwich chain Jimmy John’s, the company now confirms that a break-in at one of its payment vendors jeopardized customer credit and debit card information at 216 stores. […] The statement from Jimmy John’s doesn’t…
LU: Pirate Party chief on trial for data leak
From wort.lu: President of the Luxembourg Pirate Party Sven Clement on Wednesday goes on trial for data theft and violation of data traffic laws, after stealing the password to a medical database in 2012. The incident dates back to January 2012, when a hacker gained access to over 48,000 medical files on licenced athletes in…
LA: IberiaBank accuses former executives of stealing sensitive data
Billy Gunn reports: IberiaBank Corp. is accusing two former executives of a bank it purchased this year of stealing customer and business information and giving the sensitive data to JD Bank, a Jennings-based business rival formerly known as Jeff Davis Bank & Trust. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Lafayette, IberiaBank claims…
KY: Owensboro medical practice reports patient data stolen by former employees
T.J. Parker reports: An Owensboro medical group is investigating a data breach after learning that former employees allegedly stole information from about 3,000 patients. Officials say they’re doing everything they can to protect their patients. Director of Research for Owensboro Medical Practice, Timothy Hillard, says he found out former employees of Doctor Vora allegedly stole…