Resorthoppa and A2B Transfers have insisted their websites are secure following complaints posted online from customers claiming to have been victims of fraud. The customer claimed their credit cards were used to make fraudulent transactions after booking with the sister transfer companies. Clients writing on internet forums said hundreds of pounds worth of unauthorised payments,…
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OutdoorNetwork notifying customers that malware may have snagged their credit card info (update2)
Outdoor Network LLC in Hollywood, Florida is notifying customers who engaged in credit card transactions between December 2012 and July 2013 that their personal information may have been exfiltrated to unauthorized third parties. In a letter dated September 11, Martin Polo, the firm’s CEO, writes that they recently learned of a breach affecting their boats.net and partzilla.com…
Hackers publish 165,000 Israelis’ information
Ilan Gattegno reports: A pro-Syrian hacking group breached Israeli and American websites and released the personal information of over 165,000 Israelis. The biggest breach, part of an organized cyberattack on numerous websites over the past few days, was in a website that offered web hosting services. The breached site provided all information on its users,…
VA: Personal data for 13,000 state workers inadvertently released
Annie McCallum reports: Personal data for 13,000 state employees was inadvertently sent to 11 state human resource and payroll employees. The personal information included employee names and Social Security numbers, according to a statement from Anne Waring, Virginia Department of Human Resource Management communications manager. The department was notified by Conexis, Anthem’s subcontractor for Flexible…
Failure to encrypt results in EPIC breach
Sometime in the evening of July 16 or the early morning hours of July 17, burglars managed to steal five laptop computers from the offices of Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC) in San Francisco. The theft was discovered on the 17th and reported to the police, but as of September 6, the laptops – one…
Ca: Wal-Mart investigates privacy breach at Regina store
Wal-Mart Canada is investigating a privacy breach at one of its Regina stores. The CBC iTeam, an investigative news unit, has learned that someone obtained the phone numbers – and photographs – of a customer who had used the photo developing machines in the east Regina location. Read more on CBC.