Zach Benoit reports: The discovery earlier this year that a binder full of client information had been lost or destroyed in 2013 has prompted the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch to fortify efforts to ensure that such information stays safe by strengthening confidentiality practices and enhancing education efforts. “We want to make sure that if…
Men from Ukraine and New York indicted in U.S. cybercrime case
Jonathan Stempel reports: Federal prosecutors on Monday announced the indictment of three men they accuse of being members of an international cybercrime ring that tried to steal at least $15 million by hacking into U.S. customer accounts at 14 financial institutions and the Department of Defense’s payroll service. Oleksiy Sharapka, 33, and Leonid Yanovitsky, 39,…
NY: Email gaffe at Syracuse City Hall affects retired police officers
Jim Kenyon reports: The President of the Retired Police Officers Association says it came as quite a scare to 300 retired Syracuse police officers when they received this letter from Syracuse City Hall on Friday. […] The letter told the retired cops that there was a data breach within the Personnel Department. The retired officers and their dependents (sic) personal information including names, addresses and social security numbers had been compromised. […] According…
Service Coordination Inc. also affected MD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene patients
The Service Coordination Inc. breach noted in the previous post also affected another Maryland agency, it seems. Steve Fermier reports for WBAL: State health officials say a company that serves Maryland residents with developmental disabilities has sent letters notifying them that their personal health information might have been compromised. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says…
Business associate of Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration hacked in October
David Dishneau of Associated Press reports: A state-licensed provider of services to developmentally disabled Marylanders says someone stole computerized Social Security and medical information for about 9,700 clients. Frederick-based Service Coordination Inc. said Monday it learned of the security breach in October but didn’t notify affected individuals until Friday. The organization says part of the…
UK: Update: Man Held Over Morrisons Payroll Data Breach
Sky News reports a development in the Morrisons data breach affecting up to 100,000 employees: An employee of supermarket chain Morrisons has been arrested by police investigating the theft of payroll data of up to 100,000 employees. West Yorkshire Police said a man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of making or supplying an article…