Boston-based Ember Corporation is notifying 50 current and former employees of a possible breach after a package shipped by its payroll provider, Ceridian, via FedEx appeared to have been tampered with during shipment. In a notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Ember’s counsel indicated that the package arrived on January 10 but two…
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Hamilton Beach e-commerce sites compromised; customers notified
J. Press wasn’t the only company reporting a server breach that occurred on or about January 5. Hamilton Beach has also notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach that occurred on January 5. The company reports that they discovered some “hacker code” had been inserted on a dedicated server that hosts www.hamiltonbeach.com…
J. Press notifies online customers of database compromise
J. Press, a company that sells clothes online for students at Ivy League colleges, has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that its web site, jpressonline.com, was compromised on or about January 5. The intrusion reportedly resulted in access to and/or acquisition of customer names, addresses, order information and credit card information for orders…
Stolen KBR laptop “may have” contained employee and contractor personal info
A stolen laptop with employee and contractor information belonging to Houston-based engineering and construction firm KBR was reported to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on January 21. The date of theft was not mentioned, nor were the total number of individuals who had their names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security Numbers and Employee ID…
ACH Fraud on Trial: EMI v. Comerica
Tracy Kitten writes: Michigan-based Experi-Metal Inc. and Comerica Bank headed to court this month. Their case is the first major corporate account takeover incident to actually go to trial. The two parties now appear before the U.S. District Court of Michigan to debate how much responsibility EMI should assume for the takeover of its bank…
“Ballsy” ID thief gets nine years for ripping off 750 victims
Laura Italiano reports the follow-up to a case previously reported on this blog: When 28-year-old Iguosade Osahon was busted last summer for stealing the IDs of 750 victims across the country, the eloquent crook conceded to cops, “What can I say? You’ve got me by the balls.” His words proved prophetic: Today, Osahon — who…