The personal information of about 168,500 patients of the Los Angeles County departments of Health Services and Public Health was stolen during the theft of computer equipment from a firm that contracts with the county, authorities announced today. The theft took place Feb. 5 at the Torrance office of Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, Inc., which contracts…
Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace reports hacker accessed payment card data
Tom Incantalupo reports that Long Island-based Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace is notifying customers of three of its stores that hackers may have acquired payment card numbers and expiration dates – but not cardholder names, personal identification numbers, security codes, customer addresses or any other personal information. The retailer learned of the breach when they were contacted by a…
Hackers breach a Johns Hopkins University server and upload student information when uni doesn’t respond to extortion demands
Scott Dance reports: Names and contact information of as many as 1,300 current and former Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering students were posted online Thursday, stolen by someone claiming to be part of the hacker group known as Anonymous. The server that was breached did not contain Social Security or credit card numbers, or any…
TD Bank employee pleads guilty in stolen identity tax fraud scheme
Now what was I saying about TD Bank having a lot of insider breaches? Tenisha Nkesha Francis, 32, of Lake Worth, and Ryan Michael Francis, 27, of Riviera Beach, pled guilty in federal court in Florida today for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Sentencing is scheduled for September 11, 2014 at 1:30 p.m….
Breach affecting University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employees bigger than initially reported
Adam Brandolph reports that a breach involving University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employees is bigger than initially reported: As many as 322 UPMC employees — 300 more than initially reported — have been affected by a data breach and identity theft scheme, the hospital system said on Thursday. Authorities said the breach allowed someone…
NZ: Wintec shuts web site after security breach
Libby Wilson reports: She wanted to apply for a parking permit – instead Wintec student Bronwyn Fleet got the details of people who already had. The second-year student visited the application site in the student portal in January and was astounded when a list including names, contact numbers and car registration numbers appeared on the…