Friday, January 27th, 2012

Recent News of Note

NYSEG and RG&E Notify Customers of Unauthorized Access to Customer Data

NYSEG and RG&E Notify Customers of Unauthorized Access to Customer Data

From NYSEG: New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E), subsidiaries of Iberdrola USA, today began sending precautionary notifications to customers advising them of unauthorized access... 

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(Follow-up) Agreement Reached With Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Over Release of Some Customers’ Personally Identifiable Information

(Follow-up) Agreement Reached With Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Over Release of Some Customers’ Personally Identifiable Information

Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William Rubenstein have reached an agreement with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. to provide additional protections to the current and former customers whose... 

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Zappos hacked; notifying 24+ million Zappos.com and 6pm.com customers of breach and to reset passwords

Zappos hacked; notifying 24+ million Zappos.com and 6pm.com customers of breach and to reset passwords

Online retailer Zappos has been hacked.  Its CEO, Tony Hsieh, posted a copy of an email notification explaining the breach to all employees with a copy of the email notification sent to customers: The following email was sent... 

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Commentary: Morally bankrupt hacktivism

Commentary: Morally bankrupt hacktivism

One of the blogs that I check every day for news on data breaches is an incredible resource called cyberwarnews.info. Lee’s blog has been the source of a number of recent entries in DataLossDB. Today, Lee posted a commentary... 

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UK: Crossing a line that should not be crossed: 8 officers resign over misuse of police database

UK: Crossing a line that should not be crossed: 8 officers resign over misuse of police database

Russell Myers reports: Eight police staff have lost their jobs after illegally accessing the confidential records of dozens of people on the Police National Computer. Of the eight, one police officer and one community support... 

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