From the California Department of Public Health press release of June 24, 2011: Date: 6/24/2011 Number: 11-028 Contact: Al Lundeen (916) 440-7259 SACRAMENTO A California Department of Public Health (CDPH) investigation has found that personal and workers’ compensation information of approximately 9,000 current and former state employees was improperly copied to a private hard-drive and…
Seattle man sentenced to 5 yrs in bank fraud/id theft case
This is a follow-up on a previously reported breach: DIAMOND WENDELL ALEXANDER, JR., 30, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced June 17, 2011, to five years in prison, five years of supervised release, and more than $220,000 in restitution for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. ALEXANDER was the leader of a bank fraud ring…
T&T supermarket chain in Canada discloses hack affecting 58,000 customers; issues warning about malware
Seen at InsideToronto.com: The website of Canada’s largest Asian supermarket chain has been hacked. Richmond, BC-based T&T Supermarket Inc, which has three locations in Toronto (two in Scarborough and one in the port lands), advised the public of “unauthorized and illegal intrusions” on its website – www.tnt-supermarket.com – in a June 24 press release. The…
Citigroup Cites $2.7 Million in Customer Losses From Hack
Randall Smith reports: Citigroup Inc. has told government officials that about 3,400 of the customers whose credit-card information was hacked have suffered about $2.7 million in losses, according to people familiar with the matter. The disclosure is the first acknowledgment by the New York company that the May security breach resulted in any losses. Citigroup…
10 days and additional information later…. (BioWare update)
Back on June 14, BioWare learned that they had been hacked. The following day, and as reported here previously, they notified users on their forum that the hack may have compromised “information such as user account names and passwords, email addresses, and birth dates of approximately 18,000 accounts.” Today, 10 days later, my son received…
RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance notify 175,000 Medicare beneficiaries that mailing error exposed their medication name, date of birth, and member ID
RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance Company, providers of drug benefits to eligible beneficiaries under the Medicare Part D program, issued the following statement today regarding a recent patient information issue: “RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance Company have notified Medicare Part D beneficiaries enrolled in the company’s Prescription Drug Plans that some of their personal information may have…