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…
Maple Grove Farms of Vermont site hacked; customers notified
Jordan Greenberg, Vice President of Maple Grove Farms of Vermont writes: On November 16, 2013, B&G Foods North America, Inc. discovered that an unauthorized third party had earlier that day attacked the online e-commerce website associated with our Maple Grove Farms brand. We are sending you this letter as a cautionary measure because we believe…
Genesis Rehabilitation Services breach also affected patients
Back on October 29 and over on DataBreaches.net, I reported: Genesis Rehabilitation Services in Pennsylvania reports that an employee lost a thumb drive with the unencrypted personal information of 33 employees, agency employees, or applicants to GRS. The information on the drive included individuals’ names, postal or email addresses, and Social Security numbers. The drive had reportedly…
Pixel Federation Hacked, 38,000 User Credentials Leaked
Yet again a web based game community has become the victim of hackers who have breached its system and leaked 38,000 login credentials. The community and website is Pixel Federation (https://www.pixelfederation.com/) which was founded in 2007 and is based in Slovakia. The site is very popular amongst gamers in Europe who play mobile and web…
UK Council for Graduate Education Hacked, Defaced & 636 User Accounts Leaked UPDATE 1
update 1: appears the hacker has made a return to the website and left it with a new defacement titled LULZ.. #2. A hacker who uses the handle smitt3nz has leaked data from the UK Council for Graduate Education website (https://www.ukcge.ac.uk) after breaching it and leaving it defaced as well. The data leak which was…