Kat Hall reports: A fresh wave of scammers appear to be targeting TalkTalk customers, following a massive data theft earlier this year, The Register has learned. In February, TalkTalk admitted to suffering a major breach into its users’ sensitive information, which may have led to some customers handing over bank data to hackers. Read more on The Register.
Category: Business Sector
Unhappy Third Birthday to My Experian Complaint?
Three years ago today, I filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about Experian’s data breaches. Back then, I knew about 60 breaches of their credit reporting database due to client login credentials being misused. There were also other breaches of their database involving people being able to authenticate as others to obtain credit reports,…
Hyatt Gold Passport notifies a small number of loyalty program members of possible breach (update2)
Hyatt is sending some customers enrolled in their loyalty points program, Gold Passport, notification of a possible breach of their information. As with some other loyalty card breach reports we’ve seen recently, Hyatt’s notification indicates that there is no evidence that their system was breached and that the miscreants may have obtained customers’ login credentials from other sources…
Costa Coffee Club warns of possible database intrusion
Paul Ducklin reports that A Naked Security reader just sent us a “possible breach” warning he received. This one’s from the Costa Coffee Club, a loyalty programme from Costa, a UK franchise that runs a chain of… …you guessed it, coffee shops. Read more on Naked Security.
Intuit lawsuit alleges firm facilitated fraud by lax security
Marisa Kendall reports: In a suit filed Monday against Intuit Inc., plaintiffs lawyers claim lax security protections in the company’s TurboTax software are to blame for a recent spike in fraudulent tax returns. Intuit didn’t take adequate steps to stop criminals from using TurboTax to steal customers’ personal information, file false returns on their behalf…
Dem: USIS data breach affected more than 27K
Elise Viebeck reports: The number of individuals victimized in a cyberattack on a major background investigation service is higher than previously reported, the House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat said Wednesday. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) reported that the initial estimate of 27,000 federal employees compromised in the breach of government contractor USIS is now believed to…