Dave Spencer reports: The owner of Smashing Tomato, an Italian restaurant in Lexington, says they were recently informed by the Secret Service about stolen credit card information. Carolyn Toyoda, the co-owner of the locally run restaurant, says the call came as quite a shock. Toyoda says, “This is my family’s business, and we take it…
Local Banks Sort Out Security Breach
Mallory Cooke reports from Arkansas: Fort Smith banks rush to get customers new debit cards after personal bank account information is stolen. “It wouldn’t work,” said Stacy Gustafson, “It said I’d exceeded the number of transactions.” Gustafson tried to get cash at an Arvest Bank ATM Monday, but could not. She said, “They told me…
Concord Hospital reports audit revealed improper records access by employee
Auditing works. On June 7, Concord Hospital notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that through its routine auditing, it had detected that an employee had improperly accessed 40 patients’ records, 13 of which had Social Security Numbers in the files. The individuals were mostly relatives, friends, and acquaintances. The hospital discovered the breach on…
Chinga La Migra Hacks Arizona Law Enforcement for Third Unprecedented Time
Stephen Lemons writes: Arizona law enforcement cannot be sleeping well tonight, with the keyboard anarchists of “Chinga La Migra” (“Fuck the Border Patrol,” in English) claiming yet another hack with a corresponding data dump of local cops’ personal info. I only say “claiming” because I’m still accessing the torrent. (Hey, I never said I was Julian…
UK: Health service must get it right on data security, says ICO; 5 NHS Trusts sign undertakings concerning protection of paper records
The health service needs to do more to keep patients’ personal information secure, the Information Commissioner said today. The warning comes as the ICO finds a further five health organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said: “The health service holds some of the most sensitive personal information of any…
Arizona Police force websites defaced and leaked
Anonymous has once again let the anti sec cannon out and defaced a load of government sites related directly to Arizona police force, this comes as they have just release the CHINGA LA MIGRA COMMUNIQUE 3, which has alot of vital police information and personal information. Below the statement seems to be personal details and login details…