Michigan AG, The Home Depot agree on 2014 data breach settlement
The data breach exposed the payment card information of about 40 million consumers nationwide. Michigan will receive more than $300,000 through this settlement. In addition to the $17.5 million total payment to the states, The Home Depot provided compensation to consumers through a separate 2016 settlement in a class-action lawsuit. Besides the financial settlements, The Home Depot also agreed to implement and maintain a series of data security practices designed to strengthen its information security program and safeguard the personal information of consumers. “Businesses that collect or maintain sensitive personal information must take certain measures to ensure that material is secure and protected from unlawful use or disclosure,” Nessel said.
Some Beaumont employees fall victim to phishing scam, potentially exposing patient information
DETROIT Some Beaumont employees fell victim to a phishing scam via email, which potentially exposed some patient information. The privacy and security of the personal information we maintain is of the utmost importance to Beaumont Health. We are writing to inform you of a recent data security incident that we identified and addressed that may have involved some of your information, Beaumont said in a letter released to a patient. That meant an unauthorized individual gained access to those employees email accounts. There is no evidence that the purpose of the phishing campaign was to obtain patient information and we have no evidence that any information was actually acquired or used by the unauthorized individual.
Detroit reports city employee email accounts breach; DWSD customer info could be compromised
DETROIT – The city of Detroit announced Thursday that a handful of city employee email accounts were potentially exposed during a breach of data, possibly compromising hundreds of water department customers’ sensitive information. The Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) was able to “quickly respond and contain the breach to fewer than 10 affected accounts,” reads a statement from the city. Some of the compromised accounts contained sensitive data belonging to city of Detroit employees, Chief Information Office Beth Niblock said. DWSD customers’ info may be compromisedThe city also said that as part of this breach sensitive information from fewer than 300 of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s (DWSD) customers could have been compromised, too. Related: Michigan Medicine issues alert after data breach exposes personal information of patients
Parent company of more than 60 restaurant chains warns customers of potential data breach
HOUSTON – Landry’s Inc., a Houston-based company behind more than 600 restaurants, hotels and casinos in the United States, warned customers about a data breach that could have compromised credit card information. According to the company, the data breach likely affected cards used in the 7-month period between March 13 and Oct. 17, 2019. The company owns more than 60 restaurant chains, including Del Frisco’s Grill, Bubba Gump Shrimp and Joe’s Crab Shack. Landy’s stated on its website that unauthorized access to their network that supports payment processing for restaurants, food and beverage systems. For more information and steps on how to protect your data, the full statement from Landry’s Inc. can be found here.