Brian Krebs first broke the story in May that casual food chain Noodles and Company had likely had a payment card breach. Now the company has confirmed it: Press Release Noodles & Company Provides Notice of Data Security Incident Broomfield, Colorado, June 28, 2016 – Noodles & Company (NASDAQ: NDLS) today announced that a recent data security…
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Deutsche Telekom finds passwords for sale on dark web, but denies hack
Zack Whittaker reports: German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has warned its customers that it found account passwords for sale on the dark web. In a German posting on its website, the company said that a sample of 90 records it received showed that “at least part” of the detail are “real and current.” The sample is part…
Hard Rock Las Vegas Reports Card Data Breach
Dow Jones Business News reports: The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas said Monday that customer payment-card data was accessed after malware was placed on the resort’s payment-card system, becoming the latest hotel to report such a breach. The company said the card-scraping malware identified data including cardholder name, card number, expiration date…
Religious hacker defaces scores of escort websites in the name of Allah
It looks like @ElSurveillance has been busy again since this site last heard from in December. Catalin Cimpanu has the story on Softpedia, and Jason Murdock picks it up on IBT.
Dark web drug dealer and hacker to pay out £17,000 and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work
Victoria Wheldon reports: A Scots computer hacker who used the ‘dark web’ to sell drugs has been ordered to pay £17,000 in compensation and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. David Trail set up and administered the Topix2 website, an online black market site which he used to buy and sell drugs including Diazepam…
TalkTalk being sued by hacked customer
TalkTalk hack’s last year received a lot of coverage on this blog already, but here’s an update. Stephen Hayward reports that a customer who lost £257 to a scammer is suing for compensation. Michael Robinson, 32, has filed suit against the firm, claiming that in addition to becoming a victim of a scam as a result of the breach, crooks also got hold…