From a letter sent by Yusen Logistics (Americas) to its current and former employees: On the morning of September 24, 2013, we learned that a password-protected, unencrypted laptop computer issued to a YLA employee was stolen from the employee’s vehicle the night before. The incident was reported to the police and we immediately began a…
Category: Business Sector
International SOS notifying travelers whose information was illegally accessed (Updated)
International SOS is notifying travelers of a data security breach. “On August 28, 2013, it was confirmed that some of our data files containing personal information were potentially unlawfully accessed. The data accessed includes a limited amount of personal information. This may have included your name, passport number, and in a limited number of cases,…
Hackers compromise official PHP website, infect visitors with malware (updated)
Dan Goodin reports: Maintainers of the open-source PHP programming language have locked down the php.net website after discovering two of its servers were hacked to host malicious code designed to surreptitiously install malware on visitors’ computers. The compromise was discovered Thursday morning by Google’s safe browsing service, which helps the Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browsers automatically…
Investigative report by Brian Krebs leads to more questions for Experian from Senator Rockfeller
At least one member of Congress is paying attention. Senator Jay Rockefeller has written to Experian, requesting more details on security issues first reported by Brian Krebs. Brian has more on the latest developments here. I suspect that Senator Rockefeller is not aware of the FTC complaint I filed about Experian data breaches last year….
Update: Schnucks agrees to proposed settlement over data breach
Kavita Kumar reports: Schnuck Markets has agreed to a proposed class-action settlement stemming from the breach of its computer systems in which an estimated 2.4 million payment cards were compromised. The preliminary settlement was presented to St. Louis Circuit Judge David Dowd on Wednesday afternoon. He is expected to rule on it in the coming…
NZ: Hacker attack costs $25,000
Maryke Penman reports: Overseas hackers have conned three Auckland businesses out of tens of thousands of dollars in an elaborate email scam. The Albany and Devonport-based businesses fell victim to the ruse when placing email orders with Chinese suppliers. Rosedale dive and spearfishing retailer Wettie was targeted when owner Darren Shields placed an order with…