So as if we didn’t have enough breaches in higher education recently, San Diego State University is notifying students who were enrolled in Pre-College Institute programs that their name, Social Security number, date of birth, address, and other personal information was in a database that enabled any computer connected to the SDSU wired network (offices,…
Update to Sutherland breach
Add 3,497 more Los Angeles County patients to the over 220,000 affected by the Sutherland breach previously noted on this blog. Update: The L.A. Times notes the total count for this breach is now up to about 342,000.
So how’s eBay doing on breach response so far?
Not well, it seems. There was no notice up on their site yesterday, and registered users did not receive e-mails warning them to change their passwords. Those who found out via media coverage rushed to the site today to try to change their passwords. The traffic was so heavy that the site couldn’t function well…
Twenty Million Dollar Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Ring Indicted
Montgomery, Alabama – Tracy Mitchell, of Phenix City, Alabama; Dameisha Mitchell, of Phenix City, Alabama; Latasha Mitchell, of Phenix City, Alabama; Keisha Lanier, of Seale, Alabama; Sharondra Johnson, of Phenix City, Alabama; Cynthia Johnson, of Phenix City, Alabama; Mequetta Snell-Quick, of Phenix City, Alabama; Talarious Paige, of Phenix City, Alabama; and Patrice Taylor, of Midland,…
eBay argued against stronger privacy breach penalties
Josh Taylor reports: As eBay hastily informs its customers of its massive privacy breach, the company told the Australian Law Reform Commission that stopping reputation damage was enough of an incentive to protect customer data, and that statutory action against privacy breaches was unnecessary. Read more on ZDNet. By the way, the numbers are all…
Target profit falls 16% as breach takes toll
Associated Press reports: Target cut its annual profit outlook Wednesday and said its first-quarter earnings fell 16 percent as it took another hit from a massive customer data breach and a troubled expansion in Canada. The third-largest U.S. retailer, based in Minneapolis, also issued a second-quarter projection that was below analysts’ expectations. Read more on…