Asher Moses reports: Vodafone has terminated its dealer agreement with Communications Direct after this website on Friday revealed allegations that staff at the dealer were misusing customer information and forwarding detailed call records outside the company. Staff at the dealer were called in for a meeting this morning and told they would all be losing…
Category: Business Sector
(update) Lush Looks For Answers In Security Breach That Could Cost Customers Thousands
Popular cosmetics chain Lush has been attacked by hackers, with consumer credit card information and personal details having been used for fraudulent purchases. It appears as though the hackers may have been stealing sensitive data for up to four months, and Lush has advised consumers to contact their banks if they thought their details had…
UK: Lush website hack ‘exposes credit card details’
John Leyden writes: Luxury cosmetics firm Lush has ditched its UK website in response to a sustained hacking attack which left users vulnerable to credit card fraud. The firm warns that credit card details submitted to the Lush.co.uk site between 4 October and 20 January may have been compromised by the assault by unknown hackers….
Beverly Hills spa owner pleads guilty to credit card scam targeting celebrities
In a follow-up to a breach that was previously mentioned on this blog, David K. Li reports: A crooked Beverly Hills stylist will cop a plea bargain tomorrow n a hair-raising, million-dollar, credit-card scam that could land her for a long appointment behind bars. Maria Gabriela Hashemipour, 51, has already signed papers to plead guilty…
Ingenix discovers it may have been exposing health service providers’ SSNs for up to 5 years
This is one of those breaches where I really don’t blame the company, which in this case is Minnesota-based Ingenix. Ingenix provides web-based lookups so that patients can find providers in their area covered by their health plan. The provider data Ingenix uses is provided by the health plans or preferred provider plans themselves. Ingenix…
AT&T iPad hackers’ chats were turned in by secret source
Robert McMillan reports: Rhe government’s case against two men charged with hacking into AT&T’s website to steal e-mail addresses from about 120,000 iPad users got a boost last year when a confidential source handed over 150 pages of chat logs between the two and other members of their hacking group. Excerpts from the logs, published…