Joe Uchill reports: A database of information on 33 million people was leaked to a researcher, apparently breached from a large business services company. Troy Hunt, who runs the website “Have I Been Pwned” that lets users check if their data has been pilfered, reported receiving the database in a blog post. Hunt did initial analysis of…
Category: Business Sector
GMO Payment Gateway confirms data leakage from two client websites
Maria Nikolova reports: Information security is key in the financial industry but problems concerning maintaining personal data safe keep emerging. GMO Payment Gateway Inc (TYO:3769), the Japanese provider of payment processing services, has sought to apologize over personal data leakage that affected the websites of two of its clients – the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and…
Three Mobile hack affected 76,000 more customers than thought
Cara McGoogan reports: Three Mobile has said that 76,373 more customers were affected in the data breach revealed by the Telegraph last year. The figure brings the total number of people whose information was compromised by cyber criminals to 210,200, up 57 per cent on the company’s initial estimates. Read more on The Telegraph.
AU: Hackers steal thousands after Queensland School Photography targeted online
Kristian Silva reports: Hackers have targeted a school photography company, with fraudsters making transactions around the world using the credit card details of Queensland parents. Queensland School Photography began emailing students’ parents on Thursday to warn of the hack, but it was not clear how widespread the security breach is or how much was stolen….
Thousands of Welsh NHS staff’s data stolen in hack
BBC reports: Details of thousands of medical staff in Wales have been stolen from a private contractor’s computer server. Names, dates of birth, radiation doses and National Insurance numbers of staff who work with X-rays were copied as hackers accessed Landauer’s system. The Welsh NHS described the data breach as “deeply disappointing” and it has…
Veridian Credit Union sues Eddie Bauer for failing to prevent data breach
Matt Day reports that another retailer has been sued by financial institutions hoping to recover their costs of a breach. Veridian Credit Union filed suit, seeking class-action status, in Seattle federal court this week. The complaint alleges negligence on the retailer’s part and seeks to compensate financial institutions for costs related to reissuing stolen credit and…