Reuters reports: Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia Inc (EXPE.O), said on Tuesday that hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards. The unit said an investigation showed that the breach may have occurred between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 22, 2017 for its partner platform and between Jan. 1,…
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Trusted Quid: Notification of Web Site Data Breach Affecting Loan Applicants
Scottish short-term loan provider Trusted Quid has issued a press release following discovery of a data breach that began in July, 2016: Trusted Quid, the short-term loans provider, reports that there has been a theft of data from unauthorised access to the Trusted Quid website. The incident relates to data directly entered by people applying…
Suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from Facebook
So Facebook is still standing by their “this is not a breach” assertion. Stamos removed some of his earlier tweets on that, but this update from FB still sounds “tone deaf” to me. By Paul Grewal, VP & Deputy General Counsel of Facebook Update on March 17, 2018, 9:50 AM: The claim that this is a…
Atrium Hospitality Notifies Hotel Guests of Ransomware Incident
From their press release, issued yesterday: Atrium Hospitality, the hotel and assessment for the Holiday Inn Sacramento, is notifying three hundred and seventy-six (376) hotel guests of an event that could potentially impact the security of certain information. Although we are unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of the information, Atrium Hospitality is providing…
H-E Parts Morgan hacked – TheDarkOverlord
In July, 2013, H-E Parts International, a manufacturer of aftermarket parts and components for the mining industry, acquired The Morgan Group. Morgan already had an established reputation for servicing the mining, oil, and gas industries. Together, H-E Parts International Morgan grew as a global corporation with offices in Canada, Chile, Australia, China, Peru, and throughout the United States….
Citing “irreparable damage,” Panama Papers law firm Mossack Fonseca will close
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes a breach does sound a death knell for a firm. Cat Rutter Pooley and Barney Thompson report: Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal, will close at the end of March, according to a statement from the firm obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative…