From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: Smartphone Experts discovered that the system used for customer payments for online shopping had been hacked. Although stored customer data were encrypted, Diana Kingree, the Senior Vice President of Commerce, noted that the hacker may have been able to use a decryption feature of the system to view customers’ names, addresses,…
Banking information for City of Nanaimo customers safe from big security breach
Darrell Bellaart reports: The City of Nanaimo says customer banking information is safe from a security breach that affected other municipalities that use the same online bill-paying software. On Friday, the city learned about a cyber-threat to an application used to power web applications for online billing, licensing and tax statements. The threat could result…
OR: Computer virus blamed for Sandy credit card fraud cases
KATU reports: The reason for why about 30 people had their credit card and debit card numbers stolen in sandy: A computer malware or virus apparently infected a local merchant’s computer, police say. Investigators believe the business is Sandy’s Dairy Queen, but are still looking into other potential compromised businesses, such as the Fred Meyer…
UK: Council’s data blunder branded ‘sloppy’ by FoI expert
Another case where a FOI (freedom of information) response exposed too much: A data blunder which saw the council release sensitive staff information has been branded ‘sloppy and embarrassing’ by the recipient. Roger Gill originally submitted a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to Horsham District Council after receiving no response to a complaint about Acorn…
Indiana: No data breach after stolen laptop traced to Indy home
Stephen Dean reports: State officials said no data was breached after a state worker’s stolen laptop was tracked down to a home on the east side of Indianapolis. A longtime employee with the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) told police her state-issued laptop was stolen from the back seat of her car at a…
NIH in Pact to Protect Privacy of Family, Maintain Research
Ron Winslow reports a settlement in the long-running dispute concerning the use of cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks without her consent and then used by researchers for over 60 years: The National Institutes of Health on Wednesday said it reached an unprecedented agreement to protect the privacy of the family of a woman whose…