Wes Hosking reports: At least two credit card merchants in Victoria have had data hacked, with fraudsters racking up huge bills overseas. Australian Federal Police were investigating as banks yesterday moved to assure customers illegal transactions would be refunded. The Warrandyte Supa IGA supermarket is among retailers caught up in the drama, and suspect Eftpos…
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Hana SK Card joins the ranks of South Korean firms suffering data leaks
Kang Seung-woo reports: A succession of data leaks are besieging local credit card issuers as the latest version of online security breach has taken place at Hana SK Card. The continuous irregularities are keeping customers on their toes amid mounting worries about faulty online security. According to the card issuer, its telemarketing employee leaked not…
Data breaches affect 2m in Mass.
Hiawatha Bray reports: Personal information from nearly one out of three Massachusetts residents, from names and addresses to medical histories, has been compromised through data theft or loss since the beginning of 2010, according to statistics released yesterday by the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley. […] The attorney general’s office has received 1,166 data…
NC: Agency: Missing Surry documents have been found (updated)
Richard Craver reports: The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that the Surry County Department of Social Services has found a box of client reports that had been thought to be lost. Earlier in the day, the state agency had said the missing July reports appeared to have been lost in the…
Feds: Wi-Fi hacking burglars targeted dozens of Seattle-area businesses (updated)
Levi Pulkkinen reports: A federal grand jury has indicted three Seattle men accused of hacking the wireless networks of more than a dozen businesses to steal money and employees’ personal information. Also claiming the trio was behind 41 burglaries, federal prosecutors contend Joshuah A. Witt, Brad E. Lowe and John E. Griffin used the fruits…
MD: X-Ray Films Stolen From Good Samaritan Hospital
Not the first time we’ve seen a breach like this and likely, it won’t be the last: Barrels of X-ray film set to be destroyed were stolen from Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore by a man posing as a vendor employee, police said. According to a Baltimore City police report, officers were called to the…