In September, I reported a case in Canada involving Mark Morris, a man who purchased decommissioned hardware from Ernst & Young in 2006 that he claimed had not been properly wiped. Morris had been employed by Synergy Partners, a firm Ernst & Young bought in 2003. He had purchased at least two servers and dozens of devices…
Category: Business Sector
UK: ICO fines Staysure after hacked card details used for fraud
There’s an update to a breach reported on this site in January 2014: An online holiday insurance company has been fined £175,000 by the ICO after IT security failings let hackers access customer records. More than 5,000 customers had their credit cards used by fraudsters after the attack on Staysure.co.uk. Attackers potentially had access to over 100,000…
Lenovo.com has been hacked, possibly by Lizard Squad (updated)
The Verge reports: Lenovo.com has been hacked. As of 4pm ET, users visiting the site saw a slideshow of disaffected youths, set to the song “Breaking Free” from High School Music. The source code for the page identified it as, “the new and improved rebranded Lenovo website featuring Ryan King and Rory Andrew Godfrey,” both of whom…
Target Says Credit Card Data Breach Cost It $162M In 2013-14
Ingrid Lunden reports: When it comes to data breaches, retailers are one of the biggest targets these days, and today we have some detail on the costs around one of the more high-profile attacks. Target today said that it has booked $162 million in expenses across 2013 and 2014 related to its data breach, in which hackers…
Watch: Dumpster confrontation; FOX31 investigator finds customers’ personal info
Heidi Hemmat reports: The Arapahoe County Sherriff’s department executed a search warrant at a TV and electronics repair shop that was at the center of a FOX31 Denver investigation. Deputies were at AAAA TV in Centennial Friday after a FOX31 investigation found the store was charging customers for unnecessary parts and repairs and holding customers’ items…
UK: 10,000 Drivers In Parking Ticket Data Breach
Roddy Mansfield reports: A database of parking ticket details for almost 10,000 motorists has been mistakenly published online, a Sky News investigation can reveal. PaymyPCN.net, which claims to have collected penalty charges for 20 years and has a direct link to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) database, allows drivers to pay fines via…