AP reports: Officials with Florida’s Department of Agriculture say 103 skimmer devices that are used for identity theft have been discovered at more than 7,500 gas stations it inspected. The agency announced its findings Tuesday. The report comes after three months of investigation by inspectors who visited 7,571 stations in a statewide sweep. Read more…
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Starbucks victim: ‘I had to beg and plead to get my money back’ — also, new security questions
Kudos to Bob Sullivan for staying on the Starbucks story. Today, he writes: Ryan Benharris had $200 stolen from his debit card after his Starbucks account was hijacked recently, but that’s not why he was furious at the firm. He was angry about what happened next. “I had to beg and plead to get my…
Airplane hacking panic! Why it’s a surely a storm in a teacup
There has been much media coverage of Chris Robert’s alleged claims about controlling an airplane in-flight. I haven’t bothered to link to them as they generally just re-hash what is already known and not known. But Iain Thomson got a more detailed response from those who are skeptical about Roberts’ claims: At last year’s…
UK: Bettys specialty foods notifies customers of data breach
From Bettys.co.uk, a notification of a breach they discovered on May 8. Frustratingly, they only say that it was due to an “industry-wide software weakness” without being more specific as to what they’re talking about. DataBreaches.net contacted Bettys to ask for more specifics, but they declined to answer, saying public disclosure would only encourage copycat attacks, and…
How Evil Hackers Can Cause Chaos At Horribly Vulnerable Car Parks
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: There’s been growing interest in car hacking in recent years, inspired by researchers showing off exploits in real vehicles, tinkering with Teslas, and uncovering glaring vulnerabilities in third party kit. But criminal hackers could vex drivers in other ways, such as compromising internet-connected, easily hackable parking management systems, according to Spanish researcher Jose Guasch. At the Hack…
Expo 2015 – Anonymous Italy claims to have stolen 1TB data from Best Union
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Anonymous Italy continues to target the Expo 2015 Universal Exposition being hosted in Milan with a series of attacks under the Operation Italy (#OpItaly). The collective of hackers it targeting systems of the organization and the companies that are working for the event. The last victim in order of time is the Best Union,…