Bloomberg reports: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. lawyers have sent a letter asking news organizations to stop writing articles based on stolen documents released by hackers seeking to interrupt the release of the comedy “The Interview.” The letter, dated Sunday, was sent by attorney David Boies to news organizations including Bloomberg and The New York Times….
Category: Business Sector
Attackers Turn Focus to PoS Vendors
Brian Prince reports: The recently reported attack on Charge Anywhere puts the payment solutions provider on a list of PoS vendors attacked this year. This week, the payment gateway solution provider Charge Anywhere revealed that it had been victimized by a data breach that may have compromised data going as far back as 2009. Charge Anywhere provides…
The inside story of how British spies hacked Belgium’s largest telco, Belgacom
Ryan Gallagher reports: When the incoming emails stopped arriving, it seemed innocuous at first. But it would eventually become clear that this was no routine technical problem. Inside a row of gray office buildings in Brussels, a major hacking attack was in progress. And the perpetrators were British government spies. It was in the summer…
GA: Confidential paperwork found after theft
Rachel Stockman reports: Confidential customer information from a car dealership was potentially compromised after a theft. Delores Carston showed Channel 2 Action News file after file of confidential customer information, including her own, that she says somehow ended up on the street. A man found the paperwork and called her. “This is personal information, this…
More parking facilities affected by DataPark breach
More on the DataPark breach previously noted on this blog as impacting customers of the St. Louis Parking Company in Missouri: ABM Parking Services, Inc. announced that Datapark, a vendor that provides and maintains point of service software for several Chicago parking facilities managed by ABM Parking, confirmed a data security incident. This incident may involve certain customer…
Rex Mundi reportedly leaking employee info
Belsec Blog has more details, but it looks like Tobasco.be and Z-Staffing.org are having their data leaked because they didn’t meet Rex Mundi’s demands. The data leak reportedly does not include national registry numbers, but the hackers are believed to be in possession of bank account numbers that have not (yet?) been leaked. Belsec Blog…