Joshua Philipp reports: Computer systems of Delta Airlines have suffered a “glitch” that is causing flight delays on the airline globally. While the cause of the delays is still unclear, a group of cyber criminals was recently selling vulnerabilities to major airlines on the black market. On Jan. 3, cybercriminals on a darknet black market…
Category: Business Sector
KY: HR Employee Investigated In Identity Theft Allegations
Lex18 reports: A Mount Sterling company is under investigation amid allegations of identity theft by an employee in the company’s human resources department. The Montgomery County Sheriff Department and the management of Cooper Standard are investigating allegations of identity theft by human resources employee. Read more on Lex18.
Data Breach At Oracle’s MICROS Point-of-Sale Division
Brian Krebs reports: A Russian organized cybercrime group known for hacking into banks and retailers appears to have breached hundreds of computer systems at software giant Oracle Corp., KrebsOnSecurity has learned. More alarmingly, the attackers have compromised a customer support portal for companies using Oracle’s MICROS point-of-sale credit card payment systems. Asked this weekend for comment on rumors of a large…
Missouri man repeat offender on fraud and identity theft?
Veneta Rizvic reports: Eddie Lee Regans was indicted on fraudulent use of access devices, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges after allegedly using the personal information of several business customers to obtain credit for personal use. Regans, 50, of St. Louis, racked up charges of $89,000 between August 2015 and July 2016, according to the…
Glassdoor ‘Carelessly’ Exposed 600K Users’ Emails, Suit Says
So here’s another lawsuit that I don’t see going anywhere. I had reported on the Glassdoor email gaffe here a few weeks ago. Now Law360 reports: The suit lodged by registered Glassdoor member Melissa Levine stems from an email that the site sent to its users on July 22, informing them about changes to its…
Innovak Can’t Shake Data Breach Suit
An Alabama federal judge refused on Thursday to toss a proposed class action against software company Innovak International brought by residents who allege the company knew at least two years ago about the weaknesses in its system’s security that led to an April data breach. Read more on Law360 (sub. required). For more background on…