Security update from Bulk Reef Supply: February 18, 2015 We want to express our sincere regret to the customers of Bulk Reef Supply whose personal information was stolen from our website server. BulkReefSupply.com (“BRS”) learned of a data security incident caused by an outside hacker intrusion to its website. While we are continuing to investigate…
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Lime Crime’s Website Is Hacked, Customer Information Stolen
Kate Dries reports: The website for the vegan makeup company Lime Crime, whose wares are sold by Urban Outfitters and Nasty Gal, among others, admitted they’d been hacked earlier this week and that customer information has been compromised. But customers are up in arms over the way the site handled telling them that – or…
Breach not to blame for TurboTax fraud: Intuit CEO
Tom DiChristopher reports: A spike in fraudulent state tax filings through TurboTax was not due to a breach at software maker Intuit, CEO Brad Smith told CNBC on Friday. “Our systems have not been breached at Intuit,” Smith said during a “Squawk Alley” interview. “We take privacy and security of our customers’ information as job one….
CT High Court Case May Reshape Data Breach Coverage
Jeff Sistrunk reports: The Connecticut Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in an insurance coverage dispute over an incident that exposed sensitive information for 500,000 IBM Corp. employees could help shape data breach coverage litigation, as the court is likely to weigh in on what constitutes a “publication” that triggers coverage when data is lost. Read more…
Microsoft Adopts ISO/IEC 27018 For Personal Data, Privacy Protection In Public Cloud
Quinten Plummer reports: Microsoft has adopted an international standard for certifying the security of its cloud offerings, making it the first major cloud services provider to do so, the company says. The company adopted the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission’s standard 27018 to certify the security of its cloud offerings, using the…
Credit card info stolen in Big Fish Games site compromise
Help Net Security reports: Seattle-based casual gaming company Big Fish Games has has (sic) its site and personal and financial information of some of its users compromised in an attack that started on last Christmas Eve. “An unknown criminal installed malware on the billing and payment pages of our website that appears to have intercepted…