Kait Shea reports: A former People’s United Bank teller in Trumbull is charged with stealing customer information to create counterfeit checks. Robert Walker of Bridgeport was arrested Aug. 18. He was a teller at the Peoples United Bank branch at Stop & Shop in Trumbull. Walker is charged with trafficking of personal identifying information, first…
Personal data on 170 New Mexico State U. students on stolen laptop
Mike Bush reports: New Mexico State University has determined that the on-campus theft of computing equipment in June included a laptop with a link to personal information on some 170 students. The suspected thief, the university said in a letter dated Aug. 11 to the affected students, has been arrested and charged, but, “had disposed…
CORRECTED: E.A. Conway learns of FTP exposure breach of patient information; information exposed for over one year
CORRECTION AND UPDATE: See this email and documentation from Professor Bowne. It seems that the media reporting on a breach involving patients at E. A. Conway Medical Center was inaccurate in some important respects, with the inaccuracies stemming from the Louisiana State University Health System‘s notice about the breach. To summarize: Professor Sam Bowne of City…
Restaurant Mizado Cocina says customer credit card data breached by hacker
Katherine Sayer reports: New Orleans restaurant Mizado Cocina says customers’ credit and debit card information could have been stolen by a hacker who breached the restaurant’s point of sale system between May 9 and July 18. The business discovered that a hacker installed a previously unidentified malware called Backoff, which targets point of sale systems, on…
US won't reveal records on health website security
Jack Gillum of AP reports: After promising not to withhold government information over “speculative or abstract fears,” the Obama administration has concluded it will not publicly disclose federal records that could shed light on the security of the government’s health care website because doing so could “potentially” allow hackers to break in. The Centers for…
FTC Slams Wyndham Bid For Docs On Data Breach Interviews
Law360 reports: The Federal Trade Commission told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday that Wyndham Worldwide Corp. can’t demand the FTC’s work product, saying the agency sent Wyndham all the information it could about its interviews of consumers allegedly harmed by data breaches that cost over $10.6 million. Read more on Law360 (subscription required)….