Marsh U.S. Consumer, a Seabury & Smith service, recently reported a security breach to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. The benefits plan provider reported that due to a programming error and transmission of incorrect URLs, a dedicated server for its client, ITT Corporation, was exposing some ITT employees’ benefits plan personal information to other employees who…
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Seabury & Smith service reports security breach
Marsh U.S. Consumer, a Seabury & Smith service, recently reported a security breach to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. The benefits plan provider reported that due to a programming error and transmission of incorrect URLs, a dedicated server for its client, ITT Corporation, was exposing some ITT employees’ benefits plan personal information to other employees…
Malaysian National Indicted for Hacking into Federal Reserve Bank
The Dept. of Justice issued the following press release about a case noted earlier today on this blog: Defendant’s Criminal Activities Extended to the National Security Sector A four-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn today charging Lin Mun Poo, a resident and citizen of Malaysia, with hacking into a computer…
Idaho Power Group Health Plan notifies 5,500 of lost tape
Back on July 21 on DataBreaches.net, I reported that Idaho Power was among those affected by the Mercer Health Plan lost tape incident. Their loss was not mentioned on this site as it was not clear what protected health information might be involved. It seems that it was the Idaho Power Group Health Plan that…
St. Al’s missing data tapes with employees’ personal info
Add Saint Alphonsus employees to those affected by the backup tape lost by Mercer reported previously on this site. KTVB reports: Approximately 1,000 current and former Saint Alphonsus employees are being notified that a computer back-up tape containing their personal information has gone missing. Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center and its parent company Trinity Health…
St. Luke’s notifies employees that lost computer tape contains their personal information
Note: this incident is related to a breach previously reported on DataBreaches.net. Katy Moeller reports: St. Luke’s Health System has notified several thousand hospital employees in Boise, Wood River and Twin Falls that a computer back-up tape containing some of their personal information went missing in an office move. St. Luke’s spokesman Ken Dey said…