Flamingo Resort and Spa is notifying all current and former employees after they discovered that a virus on the payroll computer might have allowed a hacker to access their personal information, including Social Security number, date of birth, address, phone number, and for those used direct deposit, bank routing numbers. The virus was discovered within…
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Kroll Background America hacked (update4)
Kroll Background America was hacked sometime between June and September of this year. In late October, they determined that 548 California residents had their information acquired. That information included names, and in some instances their dates of birth, addresses, and social security numbers. Those whose SSN was acquired are being offered free ID theft services from Kroll…
Delaware tax preparer pleads guilty to multiple fraud charges
Dawn Chamberlain, a Delaware tax preparer who was charged in March with stealing clients’ identity information to file false tax returns pleaded guilty on Tuesday. She’ll face a maximum of 20 years in prison when she’s sentenced.
GitHub resets user passwords following rash of account-hijack attacks
Dan Goodin reports: GitHub is experiencing an increase in user account hijackings that’s being fueled by a rash of automated login attempts from as many as 40,000 unique Internet addresses. The site for software development projects has already reset passwords for compromised accounts and banned frequently used weak passcodes, officials said in an advisory published Tuesday…
Cupid Media Hack Exposed 42M Passwords
Brian Krebs reports: An intrusion at online dating service Cupid Media earlier this year exposed more than 42 million consumer records, including names, email addresses, unencrypted passwords and birthdays, according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity. The data stolen from Southport, Australia-based niche dating service Cupid Media was found on the same server where hackers had amassed tens…
vBulletin.com Hacked, Customer Data Stolen
Mathew J. Schwartz reports: Are all recent versions of the vBulletin online forum software vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that would give attackers full access to the targeted system? That’s the claim being made by European hacking group “Inj3ct0r Team,” which Thursday took to Facebook to take credit for recently hacking, not only Macrumors.com, but also vBulletin.com,…