Cole Epley reports: A large data breach at an unidentified, national business has prompted First National Bank of Omaha to issue new debit cards to customers in seven states. The Omaha-based bank with operations in Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Texas recently sent new cards to customers with a letter explaining that…
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UK: Optimal Payments says investigating data breach allegations
Mamidipudi Soumithri reports: British mobile payments company Optimal Payments Plc said it was investigating allegations that personal data belonging to some of its customers had been compromised and was available in the public domain. Optimal shares fell 11 percent to 309.5 pence, their sharpest fall in a day this year and lowest since Sept….
British Gas responds to data dump: not our data
Barry Cooper reports: More than two thousand British Gas customers have had their personal details posted online after a security breach. The energy firm has moved to reassure the 2,200 customers affected that despite email addresses and account passwords being placed online, their bank account information has not been put at risk. While no credit card information…
Breaches, traders, plain text passwords, ethical disclosure and 000webhost
Troy Hunt writes: It’s a bit hard to even know where to begin with this one, perhaps at the start and then I’ll try and piece all the bits together as best I can. As you may already know if you’re familiar with this blog, I run the service Have I been pwned? (HIBP) which…
UK: Marks & Spencer Website Suspended After Customer Data Breach
Tom Jowitt reports: Marks & Spencer temporarily suspended its website on Tuesday night after “technical difficulties” that exposed customer information to other website users. But the British retailer insisted that its website was not hacked by outside third parties, and there is no security risk for affected customers. Read more on TechWeek Europe.
TalkTalk requiring upset customers pay contract termination fee after data breach
From the if-they-have-a-PR-firm-are-they-even-listening-to-them dept: TalkTalk is becoming the poster child for poor PR and how NOT to respond after a data breach. In today’s installment, the BBC reports that the firm will only waive contract termination fees if the customer has had money stolen from them. “In the unlikely event that money is stolen from…