Yet another Australian based website has been breached and had over 900 accounts leaked as a result. The website belongs to the Australian Fishing trade association (afta.net.au) who overlooks and helps setting standard for fishing gear and related stuff right across Australia and has been doing so since the 80’s. The attack just adds to the list of sites that we reported…
OR: Hacking cases down, still a threat: by the numbers
Some interesting stats in a news report by Queenie Wong in the Statesman Journal: Cybersecurity by the Numbers Since 2009, state agencies have been required to report the number of suspicious information security incidents to the state’s Enterprise Security Office, which is part of the Department of Administrative Services. All incidents are not necessarily considered…
LinkedIn reportedly spent nearly $1 million already to fix security breach (updated)
Gene Ryan Briones reports: Following the hapless security infraction that LinkedIn experienced two months ago, the company is now saying that it has spent a huge amount of money to fix the problem. Fresh from its earnings call today, LinkedIn CFO Steve Sordello said that the company has spent between $500,000 and $1 million on…
Boston Water and Sewer Commission warns of possible customer info leak
WCVB reports: Boston Water and Sewer Commission officials said customer information could have been leaked due to a missing hard drive. Officials said contractor Aclara Technologies notified them that a hard drive that could contain the Commission’s water and sewer account information is missing. Aclara was using the information to update the Commission’s remote meter…
SC: Tax Preparer Tosses Sensitive Record in Dumpster
Graeme Moore reports: A tax preparer who closed her business three years ago tossed several boxes of old records, some of which contained sensitive personal information. The records were found Thursday morning in a recycling bin off Fernwood-Glendale Road behind the old Ingles supermarket in Spartanburg. While most of the documents were just invoices, investigators…
Winn-Dixie sued by former employee following third-party data breach
A potential class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida made me aware of a data breach that I don’t recall seeing in the media. Patrick A. Burrows has filed the lawsuit against Purchasing Power, LLC and Winn-Dixie. According to the complaint, Winn-Dixie shares employee data with Purchasing Power, LLC to administer an employee…