Anonymous Defaces Local News Weeklies, Threatens Further Action
Bea Karnes reports: Hackers took control of the five news websites of Embarcadero Media Group on Thursday night, according to the media outlet. The websites of Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac, Mountain...
View ArticleImportant security notice regarding signing key and distribution of Red Hat...
Posted Red Hat on September 17: Last week, Red Hat investigated an intrusion on the sites of both the Ceph community project (ceph.com) and Inktank (download.inktank.com), which were hosted on a...
View ArticleInside Target Corp., Days After 2013 Breach
Brian Krebs reports: In December 2013, just days after a data breach exposed 40 million customer debit and credit card accounts, Target Corp. hired security experts at Verizon to probe its networks for...
View ArticleAU: Townsville adult store blackmailed by hackers
Chris McMahon reports: Queensland’s oldest sex shop has been held to ransom by hackers who infected the store’s computers, locking down all its files with a highly sophisticated malware. Hackers hit...
View ArticleMore details emerge on Systema Software data leak (update1)
On September 9, Chris Vickery (previously referred to as “TE” in earlier coverage) notified the KDHE that what appeared to be the entire Kansas State Self Insurance Fund SIMS database was exposed...
View ArticleFireEye: Forbes.com served malicious ads to visitors
Steve Ragan reports: In a blog post, researchers from FireEye have outlined a malvertising campaign that was running on Forbes.com earlier this month, which led visitors to landing pages ran by the...
View ArticleMalvertising Attack Hits Realtor.com Visitors
Jerome Segura reports: As the debate about online ads is raging thanks to Apple’s introduction of ad blockers in its App Store, malvertising keeps on striking high profile sites. The latest victim is...
View ArticleCa: Some Rogers Communications’ customer data stolen by former contractor’s...
Morgan Modjeski reports that Rogers Communications is notifying 226 customers that a former employee of a contractor had stolen their personal information. Rogers reportedly only learned of the breach...
View ArticleVacationRentPayment notifies customers whose account application information...
YapStone (VacationRentPayments) is notifying some property managers and others who use their service to receive vacation rental payments that personal information in their account applications was...
View ArticleHackers intercept NZ taxidermy company’s invoices, trick clients
Nick Truebridge reports: A South Canterbury business has been hit by hackers who intercepted its invoices and prompted clients to deposit money into foreign bank accounts. Kerry O’Rourke, a part-owner...
View ArticlePadlocks4less.com notifying customers of payment card breach
From the we-have-no-idea-what-happened dept.: If you used a payment card on padlocks4less.com, check your mail for a notification letter. It seems the FBI notified the Frank J. Martin Company that...
View ArticleHacker Twin Muneeb Akhter Slams Suggested 6-Year Prison Term
Jenna Ebersole reports: One of twin brothers who pled guilty in a government and commercial hacking case has slammed prosecutors’ request for a six-year sentence, telling a Virginia federal court that...
View ArticleUK: Data protection breaches result in undertakings
The Information Commissioner’s Office announced two undertakings today. The first, involves Martin & Company, a firm of solicitors. In January, 2015, they notified the ICO that a DVD with evidence...
View ArticleBanks: Card Breach at Hilton Hotel Properties
Brian Krebs reports that Hilton Worldwide is investigating reports from multiple sources that Hilton Hotel properties have experienced a payment card breach – likely in point-of-sale devices inside...
View ArticleBed Bath & Beyond notifying some NYC customers of payment card breach
Bed Bath & Beyond is notifying customers who made purchases at one of their New York stores that their payment card data may have been compromised. The breach affects only those shopping at 1932...
View ArticleCourier accused of stealing credit card info
Andrel Harris of Cayman27 reports: A man appeared before the courts Friday (25 September) on fraud charges. The 28 year-old West Bay resident, is accused of obtaining property by deception. It is...
View ArticleRingleader of $24 Million Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Ring Sentenced to...
There’s another follow-up to a case previously reported on PHIprivacy.net and more recently, on this site (here and here). A resident of Newnan, Georgia, was sentenced Friday to prison for her role as...
View ArticleMA: Waiter charged with credit card fraud
Anthony Fay reports that at an alert restaurant owner may have saved more of her customers from becoming victims of a rogue employee. The owner of a Springfield Chinese restaurant called police, after...
View ArticleCA: Data breach involves Big Blue Bus customers
The Santa Monica Daily Press reports: The Big Blue Bus is alerting customers of a potential data breach related to the NextBus program. Officials were notified on Sept. 25 of a data security incident...
View ArticleTrump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas notifying customers that malware...
Norton Rose Fulbright, a law firm representing The Trump Hotel Collection, is sending out notifications to customers who used a payment card at Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas between...
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