Mike McCoy reports: Patrons of Mary’s Pizza in downtown Sonoma will be alerted this week that their credit card numbers may have been stolen by an international computer hacker. Vince Albano, chief executive officer for the 18-store chain, expects to receive a report by Friday detailing the breadth and timing of the breach. Once that…
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(update) Credit card servers hacked at Small Dog Electronics
Matt Ryan reports on a breach previously covered here last month with some updated information: The day after an earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Small Dog Electronics began collecting and matching donations to aid the relief effort. As the fundraiser got under way, a hacker accessed the company’s security system and started stealing donors’ credit card…
Malware found on another HTC Magic smartphone
Think you’re safe from malware just because your phone is new? Maybe not. Mikael Ricknäs reports: Traces of the now defunct Mariposa botnet has been found on another HTC Magic from Vodafone in Spain, security company Panda wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. The malware was once again found on the SD card that…
Action taken after insurance provider loses over 2,000 people’s details
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) after eight laptops, two of which contained the personal details of 2,135 people, were stolen from the company’s Edinburgh offices. The individuals affected were employees of various firms which had sought pension scheme illustrations. The…
U of C warns 5,000 patients of potential information breach
The University of Calgary is advising patients of its Sunridge Medical Clinic that their personal health information may have been compromised after several computer viruses infected one of the clinic’s computers. The University said Wednesday in a press release it sent letters to approximately 5,000 patients on March 15. The infected computer was used to…
U.S. likely to get peek at HSBC accounts
Yesterday, it was the U.K. in the news over announcements it would be getting tax records stolen from HSBC. Now it’s the U.S.’s turn, it seems. Reuters reports: “To the extent the HSBC data includes U.S. based taxpayers having interests in HSBC foreign accounts, it is a virtual certainty such information will be delivered to…