The Japan Foundation of Los Angeles recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security incident involving an unnamed vendor who hosts their web site at jfalc.org. According the October 21 letter filed by their attorneys, on September 18, JFLA discovered that the names, dates of birth and credit card information for those…
HHS adds three more incidents to their breach page
HHS has added three more incidents to their breach report web page. Two of the incidents we already had some information about, but one is totally news to me: Southwest Seattle Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine in Washington reported that a “Hacking/IT Incident” on September 4 affected 9,493 patients. They do not have a web site…
UH West O’ahu security breach affects Mānoa students
The University of Hawaii has just posted a breach notice concerning the incident described in an earlier blog entry: The University of Hawai`i – West O`ahu (UHWO) is notifying approximately 40,000 individuals that their personal information may have been compromised. The exposure occurred when a faculty member inadvertently uploaded files containing data including names, social…
University of Hawaii-Manoa Breaches exposes sensitive info on 40,000 students
It’s bad enough when your system gets hacked. It’s worse when the breach is self-inflicted. This just in: The University of Hawaii-Manoa has breached the personal information of 40,101 students who attended between 1990-1998 and 2001, including names, social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, demographic, and detailed academic performance data. … The information was…
Students’ personal information posted online inadvertently
Lina Savickas reports: The personal information of about 400 Benedictine students and a few non-students within the Election Judge Training Program was inadvertently posted online on the program’s Facebook page, according to Executive Vice President Charlie Gregory. Personal information including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers was on a spreadsheet…
NY: Fraudulent transactions traced back to Civic Center and Oncenter
A series of unauthorized credit card charges are under investigation by the Syracuse Police Department. All the charges are potentially related to a data breach in or around the Onondaga County Civic Center. The breach was discovered when approximately 100 individuals found unauthorized charges posted to their accounts. In all the cases, Syracuse Police say…