Katie Nelson reports: The Raley’s supermarket chain warned customers Thursday that part of the company’s computer network may have been targeted in a cyber attack. The company stated in a news release that it could not confirm if any unauthorized access had been made to payment card data, but that an internal investigation remains ongoing….
Month: June 2013
Hetzner Security Breach Exposes Customer Passwords, Payment Information
Nicole Henderson reports: German web hosting provider Hetzner Online AG discovered a backdoor on on its Nagios monitoring servers last week, and emailed customers on Thursday to let them know that password hashes and payment information was compromised. According to a report by H-Online, founder Martin Hetzner says it’s not clear at this time how many customers have been…
Pentagon blocks workers’ Web access after security breach
Kristina Wong reports: News and social media websites have been blocked on some Pentagon workstations Friday to prevent employees and contractors from accessing classified information that was leaked Thursday about a federal program that gathers Internet users’ personal data from the computer servers of Web service providers. U.S. Cyber Command recommended the blocking, which began about 11:30 a.m….
TX: At least one Arlington school district employee has reported unauthorized financial activity after laptop theft
Patrick M. Walker reports: School district officials said Thursday that they have heard from one employee whose financial information has been compromised since two laptops were stolen from the Arlington district’s benefits office last week. However, district spokeswoman Leslie Johnston said, it was not known whether the unauthorized activity was directly related to the theft….
Novato’s Academy Studios closes doors; sensitive employee records found in waste container
Richard Halstead reports: Academy Studios of Novato, which built exhibits for some of the top museums in the world, closed in April after more than 23 years in business. In a related development, an auction house scrambled to gather the company’s paperwork last week after reports that personnel records containing sensitive information on former Academy…
Man charged with running credit data ring containing 1.1M cardholders
Cyrus Farivar reports: The accused leader of a massive international data theft ring was charged in a New Jersey federal court on Wednesday with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. American prosecutors allege that Duy Hai Truong, 23, was the mastermind behind a scheme involving $200 million in fraudulent charges. The Vietnamese citizen was arrested in his home country late last…