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Author: Dissent

Pointer: Numbers keep rolling in on Heartland breach

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Linda McGlasson of BankInfoSecurity reports: By the latest count, the number of institutions that have informed their card customers and members that they were hit as a result of the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach has swelled to 124. The second page of the article provides an alphabetical listing of banks that reported having…

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UK: Data theft: More records missing

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Council bosses have revealed eight computer hard drives, which could contain personal and financial information about residents, are still missing. Officials at Charnwood Borough Council say the devices are part of the same batch as one stolen by a former employee and sold on an internet auction site. They remain unaccounted for. That hard drive,…

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UK: Woolworths customers risk ID fraud after staff dump banking details in a skip

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Woolworths has left hundreds of its customers open to identity theft after dumping their till receipts in a skip. They contained highly-prized signatures, full bank account numbers and expiry dates, which can easily be used to clone someone’s ID. Read more in The Daily Mail

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CO: Police: Credit Card Thieves Worked As Waiters

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Follow-up on the story that we’ve been covering since November: The credit card numbers stolen from 200 customers at an Asian restaurant last year were taken by three people who offered to work for tips only, according to Longmont police. Cmdr. Tim Lewis told 7NEWS two men and one woman offered to work at Longmont’s…

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[CORRECTED] BitDefender Portugal breach exposes customer data

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

HackersBlog is reporting that Kapersky isn’t the only exposing customer data this week. BitDefender Portugal also seems to have a problem…. [Corrected headline 2-9-09 10:03 am to reflect that it is BitDefender Portugal, a BitDefender partner, who had the breach and not BitDefender.com. Apologies for any confusion in the headline.]

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Kaspersky breach exposes sensitive database, says hacker

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports: A security lapse at Kaspersky has exposed a wealth of proprietary information about the anti-virus provider’s products and customers, according to a blogger, who posted screen shots and other details that appeared to substantiate the claims. In a posting made Saturday, the hacker claimed a simple SQL injection gave access to a…

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