WBIR reports: Local and federal investigators are looking into who stole credit card information from several customers at a Farragut restaurant. Workers with Wild Wing Cafe say a hacker broke through their system and stole credit card numbers. They say it only affected a small number of customers who were in the restaurant last week….
NASA ARC Memo: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) – July 1, 2013
Status Report Source: Ames Research Center Subject: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) – July 1, 2013 From: ARC-HR Date: July 10, 2013 On Monday July 1, 2013 an email message was sent to all Civil Servants titled “Supreme Court Decision on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Federal Employee Benefits.” The email was…
NY: State worker sent 17,743 Medicaid records to personal account
Jon Campbell reports: A state employee was placed on leave after emailing thousands of private Medicaid records to his personal email account, state Medicaid Inspector General James Cox announced today. The security breach happened on Oct. 12 of last year, when the employee — who worked for Cox’s office — sent 17,743 records to the…
Sony gives up £250,000 fine appeal after PlayStation hacks in 2011
Dan Worth reports: Sony has given up its appeal over a fine of £250,000 from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) having originally vowed to fight the case. The firm claimed it has done so in order to avoid revealing information on its security procedures rather than because it now agrees with the fine. Read more…
Some security experts criticize Blue Cross’ handling of private data
Joseph Neff reports: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina periodically shares the private personal and health information of hundreds of thousands of clients with a third-party company that designs the insurance company’s software system, documents and interviews show. Internal documents obtained by The News & Observer reveal an ongoing discussion within Blue Cross…
Sony Italy Hacked, Over 40k Personal Details Leaked
Turkish Ajan hacker group has today announced a leak of data from the official Italian Sony website. The announcement has come from the official @TurkishAjan twitter account and was announced a short time ago as a leak of accounts from the Italian based Sony website. > Sony Italy hacked (https://t.co/iGrmligcW5) ! 40k account leak. File: https://t.co/p2rbT0UgbN…