Insider Gets 42 Months for Stealing 1m Customer Records
A former programmer at Birmingham, Alabama-based Compass Bank who stole a hard drive containing 1 million customer records and used some of that information to commit debit-card fraud was sentenced last week to 42 months in prison by an Alabama district court judge.
Facebook Security Breach Exposes Many Including Paris Hilton
A security lapse on the online social networking site Facebook has allowed its users to gain access to vast libraries of private photographs, including one of Paris Hilton drinking beer with her friends.
4.2m Hit by Data Breach at Hannaford
Hannaford Bros., an American supermarket chain yesterday said a breach of its computer system potentially exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers and has led to about 1,800 fraud cases to date.
Spears' Medical Records a Target for Insiders
UCLA Medical Center, a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, is taking steps to fire at least 13 employees and has suspended at least six others for snooping in the confidential medical records of pop star Britney Spears during her recent hospitalization in its psychiatric unit, and six physicians face discipline for peeking at her computerized records Los Angeles Times reports.
40K Blue Cross Members at Risk of Identity Theft
The Blue-Cross Blue-Shield’s Western New York branch says it is notifying tens of thousands of its members about identity theft concerns after one of it's company laptops went missing.
MTV Lost Data of 5K Employees
Computer files with confidential data on about 5,000 employees at MTV Networks were breached by someone outside the company, the network told employees on Friday in a memo, told Reuters.
Identity theft risk for 103K doctors' personal data
The data leak involving a national health insurance company and more than 100-thousand doctors took place in Wisconsin and ten other American states.
Data of 28K students stolen in security breach
CBC News reports a theft of laptop with the information on thousands of Newfoundland students on February 21st. The laptop was stolen amongst several others from the school district’s office in downtown St. John, Nfld.
Theft of Home Depot laptop puts 10K at risk
Home Depot on Wednesday confirmed a company laptop was stolen that contains personal information about approximately 10,000 employees of the do-it-yourself retailing giant - read more: networkworld.com
Laptops with sensitive TSA contractor data stolen
The personal details of nearly 4,000 US citizens - including commercial truck drivers who transport hazardous materials - were on two laptops stolen from a third-party contractor working with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the US - read more: scmagazine.com
