KVUE reports that after receiving complaints from guests about fraudulent charges on their credit or debit cards, hotel security at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel managed to catch an employee skimming hotel guests’ cards. The hotel released the following statement Monday afternoon: “InterContinental Stephen F. Austin holds the safety, comfort and well-being of all guests and…
Category: Business Sector
LivingSocial laptop containing employee data stolen
Bill Flook reports: LivingSocial Inc. confirmed Thursday that a laptop containing personal information of a few hundreds (sic) current and former employees was stolen last month. In an internal email obtained by the Washington Business Journal, LivingSocial human resources chief Jennifer Trzepacz warned that the computer, pinched Oct. 17, may have contained data including names,…
NY: Arrest Made In Smokers Choice ID Theft
A New York City man was charged with felony identity theft last week at the Columbia County Jail upon his release by the Claverack Town Court on a similar charge. State Police charged Sekhou Toure, 27, with first degree identity theft. […] With the assistance of area banks and credit unions it was determined that the…
(update) Chili’s credit card hacking scam reaches 330 victims
The Chili’s breach at a Japanese naval base has resulted in hundreds more victims than originally reported. Erik Slavin reports: A credit card hacking operation has now victimized at least 330 customers of Chili’s restaurant on Yokosuka Naval Base, Navy officials said Monday. The 330 victims have reported an estimated $190,000 in fraudulent charges to…
Social networking site FindFriendz.com reportedly hacked – again?! (updated)
Via E Hacking News, A “t34m t!g3R” hacker by the handle of “An0nym0us sn3Ak3r” claims to have hacked FindFriendz.com and acquired 57,721 usernames and clear-text passwords. A subset of them, 364 usernames with their corresponding passwords appear on Pastebin. The data were posted on November 10. Update: I just came across something from May of 2011…
Want something to do in Providence at night? How about staying home and changing your password….
Another reported data leak posted to Pastebin – providencenightlife.net – reveals usernames, clear-text passwords, and e-mail addresses. Fifty thousand were reportedly acquired and posted to another site that requires you to fill out a survey to download the data. Since I don’t do surveys, I haven’t checked the full archive, but 83 are are offered…