Ahmad Hathout and David Berman report: Walmart Canada is investigating a potential breach of customer credit card data after one of its websites operated by a third party was compromised. […] A source close to the situation told The Globe and Mail that as many as 60,000 customers could be affected. According to Walmart’s website,…
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Four months after confirming payment card breach, Mandarin Hotel begins notifying customers
Back on March 4, Brian Krebs reported that the Mandarin Hotel had confirmed a payment card breach affecting some customers. The breach wasn’t reported to the California Attorney General’s Office until today, however. In a letter from their external counsel, the hotel chain explains: On February 25, 2015, Mandarin Oriental was alerted to the suspected…
Hershey says data breach compromised guests’ payment card information
AP is reporting that Hershey Entertainment & Resorts says a data breach may have exposed the financial information of some visitors to its Pennsylvania hotels, amusement park and other venues. Cards used at its properties between Feb. 14 and June 2 may have been compromised: Hershey, which operates The Hotel Hershey, Hersheypark Entertainment complex and other facilities,…
What were you doing at age 13? This hacker-for-hire almost broke the internet
Ian Proctor reports: Bedroom geek Seth Nolan-Mcdonagh joined a network of virtual vandals who brought global institutions’ websites to their knees. He was the second hacker to be sentenced today as Madonna’s Rebel Heart hacker Adi Leaderman was jailed for 14 months. […] Adopting the pseudonym Narko, Nolan-Mcdonagh made £70,000 by using software to overload the sites and…
NY: Credit card information stolen from Hoffman Car Wash
Lindsay Nielsen reports: A local car wash is the victim of hackers, and the criminals are already using the cloned cards. A Guilderland woman, who did not want to be identified, said she’s been the victim of credit card fraud at two different car washes: the first at Colonial Car Wash, and most recently, at…
Owner of Louisiana Automotive Businesses Pleads Guilty for Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
A resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and the owner of two automotive businesses pleaded guilty today for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana. Martin Jackson…