Brian Krebs reports that Eidos Interactive and one of its biggest titles — Deus Ex– have been hacked and some user information accessed or acquired: KrebsOnSecurity.com obtained an archived copy of the attackers’ online chatter as they were covering their tracks from compromising the sites. A hacker using the alias “ev0″ discusses having defaced the…
Category: Business Sector
Sony notifications to New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office
Although there doesn’t seem to be anything new in them, if you’re curious, you can see Sony’s breach notifications to New Hampshire of April 26 and May 2.
Wyndham continues to identify and notify hotel guests impacted by past breaches
Some breaches seem to go on forever. Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, which reported a hacking incident in 2008 and hacking incidents in 2009 and 2010, has recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of an update to its report of June 2010. That report did not and does not appear on the state’s breach report…
IN: Employee social security cards, licenses and more found in dumpster
Fox59 found hundreds of employees files inside a recycling dumpster in Fishers. The files were full of copies of social security cards, driver’s licenses, birth certificates and lots of other personal information. Information that anyone could have grabbed. […] When Fox59 went through the folders, we found information on employees who used to work for…
Database of Fox Employees’ Passwords and Emails Leaked
Adrian Chen reports: Fox Broadcasting employees might want to change their passwords: A database of about 300 employees and associates’ email addresses and passwords, apparently stolen from a Fox.com database, have been leaked by a hacking group that previously stole thousands of X Factor contestants’ personal information. The group Lulz Security has taken credit for…
(update) Michaels Stores finds tampered PIN pads in 20 states
As noted yesterday by Brian Krebs, the Michaels Store breach appears to be significantly larger than what was originally reported on May 4. NBC in Chicago reports: The Irving, Texas-based company reports it removed 7,200 PIN pads from stores as a precautionary measure. Of those removed, less than 90 devices (or 1percent of the total…