As a follow-up to the blog entry on a hack of Wyndham, a copy of their October notification sent to at least one state attorney general is now available online. That notification indicates that: In mid-September, a WHR [Wyndham Hotels and Resorts] data center administrator detected unusual activity on one of the company servers located…
Category: Business Sector
Absolute and Ponemon Institute Study Shows Many Employees Undermine Traditional Data Breach Prevention Strategies
From the press release: Absolute(R) Software Corporation and the Ponemon Institute today announced the findings of a new study on the use of encryption on laptops by employees within corporations in the U.S. The study, “The Human Factor in Laptop Encryption: US Study,” revealed that more than half (56%) of business (non-IT) managers polled, disable…
WA: Customers’ data stolen from store
Checking account and credit card numbers of customers who shopped at the Spokane Valley Northwest Bedding store Friday and Saturday were stolen over the weekend, officials said. No signs of forced entry to the business at 14102 E. Sprague Ave. were found. Northwest Bedding’s alarm system notified police about 6 p.m. Saturday, Reagan said. Source…
MS: Credit card fraud suspects sought
From the please-retrain-the-employees-dept: Metro Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for tips leading to the location and arrest of two suspects involved in several credit card purchasing scams committed in the Hattiesburg area – the most recent on Jan. 5 at Hattiesburg Cycles in the 6400 block of U.S. 49. Suspects entered the business,…
Ca: Five more arrested in debit card ring
Alex Cooper reports: Durham Region police arrested five more men yesterday in connection with a debit card skimming ring that has been operating in the Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal areas, police said today. […] At the bail hearing Dec. 3, five more suspects — who attended court to support the seven accused — were also…
IN: Student arrested in Chandigarh for online fraud
A 20-year-old student has been arrested on the charge of using credit cards of other people for online shopping, a police officer said here Friday. The student of hotel management, Sahil Sharma, is the son of a senior Haryana government official. His mother is a leading architect here. Sahil was arrested late Thursday evening after…