In what appears to be its second breach in 2011, Square Enix has confirmed that it has suffered an intrusion. Matt Mann reports: Today Square Enix announced that both their Japanese and North American Square Enix Members sites have been hacked. According to Square Enix an unknown party gained unauthorized access to servers containing user information in…
Category: Business Sector
Ca: Insider breach at Insurance Corporation of British Columbia linked to shootings, arson
This sounds like it might qualify as one of the worst – if not, THE worst – insider breach of 2011. When people affiliated with the Justice Institute of British Columbia starting seeing their homes shot at or set on fire, the RCMP began an intensive investigation. That probe has now culminated in the firing…
I can just picture it….
Why risk getting caught downloading customer data when you can just take pictures of it? Trilegiant Corporation in Stamford, Connecticut recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a call center vendor’s employee had been caught taking screen shots of customer data (names and debit or credit card numbers) with his phone camera. The…
G2 Secure Staff hack exposes staff and employee details
Oops. G2 Secure Staff, the Irving, Texas-based firm that describes themselves as a “a leading provider of aviation staffing and security needs” offering low-cost solutions to airlines, may be wishing they had invested more in their own security. The hacker known as “ItsKahuna” dumped some of their databases. One contained 63 administrative and executive e-mail…
FL: Former Eagle Harbor Country Club Janitor Charged with ID Theft
Jessika Lewis reports: The owner of St. Augustine-based cleaning company Mr. Janitor was arrested for stealing personal information from some Eagle Harbor Country Club members. According to Detective William Roberts with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Jonathan Morris II used that info to open credit cards and even bank accounts in alleged victims’ names. […]…
Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (C.L.E.A.R.) hacked; membership database dumped
According to its web site, the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (C.L.E.A.R.) was formed in November 2008 by a group of Law Enforcement and Retail Loss Prevention professionals that saw the need for the formation of a partnership. According to a hacker called “Exphin1ty,” however, C.L.E.A.R. is part of the problem with treatment of…