A database breach at TD Ameritrade Holdings, Inc. exposed approximately 6.3 million account holders to an increase in spam. Account holder information, including e-mail addresses and phone numbers were stolen in the breach but more sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers, appears to have not been compromised. So far, there have been no reports of confirmed identity theft. Similar to the timeline of the TJX debacle, it appears that the breach could have occurred as far back as October and was only recently fixed.
Analysis and Commentary, Incidents
The True Cost of Compliance
Back in June, an intern with the State of Ohio was entrusted with a backup designated for “offsite storage”. The backup was stolen from the intern’s car, along with a radar detector, on June 10th. Now, let’s not quibble over the fact that sensitive information was entrusted to an intern. Nor should we dwell on the seemingly braindead decision of using said intern’s home as the “offsite storage location” for the backup. Instead, we should focus on the fact that the loss of approximately 1.3 million records is expected to cost teh state of Ohio $3 million! Of that sum, $2.3 million is for enrollment in credit protection services offered by Debix, Inc . This service runs $99 per year for the average person to sign-up for. At the rate we are going, I would suggest not paying the $99 and just waiting for your personal data to get lost and having the costs absobed by the offending entity.
Analysis and Commentary, Incidents
Pfizer’s Hat Trick
Pfizer goes for round three. Up to 34,000 employee records may now be vulnerable to ID theft. This is on top of the 17,000 records lost earlier this summer. More details can be found here .
Analysis and Commentary, Incidents
Bank of India Breach
Looks like the Bank of India was hit and caused users to be redirected to a malicious site which then attempted to load up to 22 different exploits on the unsuspecting victim. Is that a new record? Maybe it should be a statistic we track.
Details can be found here .
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