A Long Island shoe store employee is accused of stealing security information from customers’ credit cards and making duplicate cards. Police say the cashier at a Bellmore Payless store used a “skimming” device to scan the magnetic strip of security information from the credit cards of 11 customers. Police say he used the cards to…
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FBI to investigate AT&T iPad data breach
Claudine Beaumont reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that it will be examining the circumstances surrounding a security breach of AT&T’s network that exposed the email addresses of an estimated 114,000 Apple iPad owners. “The FBI is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation to address this potential cyberthreat,”…
Potential breach of credit, debit card info at 2 Dixie Cafes
Lindsey Clark reports: Dixie Restaurants was contacted in regards to a potential breach of credit and debit card information at two Dixie Cafe locations in Little Rock and Hot Springs, Arkansas. Dixie Restaurants is currently working with law enforcement officials to determine the origin and extent of the data that has been compromised at these…
Olympus apologises after shipping malware-laced cameras in Japan
John Leyden reports: Olympus has apologised after it distributed a digital camera in Japan that came with added malware on its internal memory card. An estimated 1,700 Stylus Tough 6010 digital compact cameras shipped pre-pwned with auto-run code designed to infect Windows PCs they were connected to, net security firm Sophos reports. The malware uses…
Apple’s Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed
Ryan Tate writes: Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the wireless-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking. […] The specific information exposed in the breach included subscribers’ email addresses, coupled with an…
FTC Approves Final Settlement Order with Dave & Busters
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final settlement order with entertainment operation Dave & Busters. The final order settles charges that the company failed to secure customers’ sensitive credit and debit card information, resulting in several hundred thousand dollars in fraudulent charges. The FTC vote approving the final order…