Brian Krebs reports that Hilton Worldwide is investigating reports from multiple sources that Hilton Hotel properties have experienced a payment card breach – likely in point-of-sale devices inside their franchised gift shops, coffee bars, and restaurants. Krebs reports: However, sources at five different banks say they have now determined that the common point-of-purchase for cards included in…
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UK: Data protection breaches result in undertakings
The Information Commissioner’s Office announced two undertakings today. The first, involves Martin & Company, a firm of solicitors. In January, 2015, they notified the ICO that a DVD with evidence in a criminal trial had been lost. The DVD had been provided by the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service and contained limited footage showing the defendant…
Hacker Twin Muneeb Akhter Slams Suggested 6-Year Prison Term
Jenna Ebersole reports: One of twin brothers who pled guilty in a government and commercial hacking case has slammed prosecutors’ request for a six-year sentence, telling a Virginia federal court that the recommendation contradicts the plea agreement and his acceptance of responsibility. The government’s sentence recommendations are “unprecedented,” Muneeb Akhter, a computer prodigy who graduated…
Padlocks4less.com notifying customers of payment card breach
From the we-have-no-idea-what-happened dept.: If you used a payment card on padlocks4less.com, check your mail for a notification letter. It seems the FBI notified the Frank J. Martin Company that payment card data submitted between June 3 and August 26th may have been accessed without authorization, along with customers’ name, postal and email addresses, and…
Hackers intercept NZ taxidermy company’s invoices, trick clients
Nick Truebridge reports: A South Canterbury business has been hit by hackers who intercepted its invoices and prompted clients to deposit money into foreign bank accounts. Kerry O’Rourke, a part-owner in Pleasant Point’s O’Rourke Brothers Taxidermy, said far only one of O’Rourke’s clients has been sucked into the scam, losing “probably about €2000 ($3583) into an…
VacationRentPayment notifies customers whose account application information was hacked
YapStone (VacationRentPayments) is notifying some property managers and others who use their service to receive vacation rental payments that personal information in their account applications was compromised by unauthorized persons. In a letter dated September 11, YapStone CEO Thomas J. Villante writes that email and postal address, Social Security number, driver’s license number, date of birth, and bank…