Yesterday i did an article on a leak of data and a defacement on UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) which was carried out by a hacker using the handle smitt3nz It now Appears that after about 3 days since the original data leak and defacement the hacker has returned to re-deface the site with a…
Insider breach at NYC Bed Bath & Beyond: cashier stole customers’ credit card information
If you shopped at the Bed Bath & Beyond store on E. 61st in New York City between August 5 and September 19, you may want to check your credit card statements. On September 19, the retailer discovered that some customers’ credit card information was compromised by a cashier at that store. The notification sent…
Data security office has bad data security
Allison Bell reports: The federal agency that enforces health data security regulations did a poor job of protecting the data it was using in its own investigations. Officials at the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that conclusion in this latest report. Thomas Salmon and other HHS…
Louisiana Agencies Notified of Breach Across Certain JPMorgan Chase Systems; Breach Not Confined to Louisiana (Update1)
Press release issued by Commissioner Kristy Nichols: BATON ROUGE – Commissioner Kristy Nichols announced that three Louisiana state agencies were notified by JP Morgan Chase today that a data breach may have exposed the personal information of certain Louisiana citizens. The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR), the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC), and the Louisiana Department…
HSBC offering customers credit monitoring services after rogue employee stole and misused their information
HSBC is offering some customers five years’ worth of free credit monitoring service after learning that a rogue employee had been improperly accessing customer information since early this year. The offer of extended services was for those who information had been accessed multiple times. Others were offered 1 year of free services. You can read…
NJ: Drew University notified some employees and dependents after employee’s e-mail account was hacked
A Drew University employee’s e-mail account containing e=mails with personal information on employees and family members/dependents was hacked. The personal information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The employee reported the hacked account on October 1, and following forensic investigation and an address search by their print vendor, notifications were sent…