Sergiu Gatlan reports: Financial software company Intuit discovered that tax return info was accessed by an unauthorized party after an undisclosed number of TurboTax tax preparation software accounts were breached in a credential stuffing attack. A credential stuffing attack is when attackers compile username and passwords that were leaked from previous security breaches and use those credentials to try and…
Category: Business Sector
California CPA firm notifies clients after falling for a tech support scam
I’ve been told that at times, I can be tough on those who have had breaches. But I actually do feel sympathy for some victims. Read this notification from Martin Hutchison & Hohman, a firm of certified public accountants in Eureka, California. I found it actually painful to read. When conscientious people fall for scams,…
Privacy Commissioner Publishes Investigation Report on the 2018 Incident of Intrusion into Hong Kong Broadband Network’s Customer Database Affecting 380,000 Customers
February 21 – The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong (Privacy Commissioner) Mr Stephen Kai-yi WONG published an investigation report in accordance with section 48(2) of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the Ordinance) on the incident of Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited (HKBN)’s inactive database having been intruded in mid-April 2018 (the incident) that…
CN: Ziroom employee in data theft trial
Here’s a news report that I really wish wasn’t behind a paywall, as I haven’t seen other coverage of this case elsewhere — at least I haven’t found any yet. Tom Marling reports: Embattled Chinese rental property provider Ziroom is facing yet another public controversy. A former employee of the Beijing-based platform went on trial at…
MN: Data breach hits Dunn Brothers, Chino Latino, several metro businesses
KARE reports: Customers at Dunn Brothers, Chino Latino, Sebastian Joe’s and several other metro businesses may have had their credit cards compromised last month. North Country Business Products, Inc., announced the security breach on Monday. They said a “recent data security incident may have resulted in unauthorized access” to debit and credit card information. Read…
AU: Embattled LandMark White shares drop 10.6 pc after data breach
Carolyn Cummins reports: Shares in LandMark White have plummeted 10.6 per cent to a four-year low after the valuer resumed trading following a massive data breach, which resulted in details of about 100,000 home loan customers being leaked. A number of its customers, including the major banks, suspended the company following the breach. The company said it…