CA: Disney Movie Club members victimized in latest data-breach horror show

[Dave <dave () etiolated org>]

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/17416

An undisclosed number of Disney Movie Club members have received
letters informing them that their credit-card information was sold by
an employee of a Disney contractor to a federal agent as part of an
undercover sting operation, Network World has learned.

The sting occurred sometime in May, while the letter - a copy of which
was forwarded to Buzzblog by the security Web site attrition.org - is
dated July 6. Why notification took that long is among this morning's
unanswered questions (update below).

The latest in a seemingly endless string of data-breach incidents
involving major organizations, this one is being pinned on a
third-party contractor, Alta Resources, according to the letter
signed, "John Flynn, for the Disney Movie Club." The address on the
Disney Movie Club stationery matches that of an Alta Resources P.O.
Box in Neenah, Wis., so I'm presuming the verbiage comes from Alta
Resources.

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Dave
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