A press release from the ICO: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is warning organisations that they must make sure their websites are protected against one of the most common forms of online attack – known as SQL injection. The warning comes after the hotel booking website, Worldview Limited, was fined £7,500 following a serious data breach where…
Category: Business Sector
MO: Kansas man pleads guilty to using skimmer to steal credit card numbers at Missouri Taco Bell
Associated Press reports: A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to stealing credit card information while he worked at a Taco Bell in Belton, Missouri. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release that 32-year-old Yao Vignon Kpade, of Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty Monday to electronic device fraud. Read more on The Republic.
Vladimir Drinkman to be extradited to U.S.
The Associated Press reports that the Dutch government has approved the extradition of Vladimir Drinkman to the United States. Drinkman is accused of articipating in a hacking ring that penetrated computer networks of more than a dozen corporations and stole at least 160 million credit and debit card numbers.
TX: Security Breach At Euless Mattress Firm
Bud Gillett reports: A CBS 11 News viewer tipped us off to a breach of security at a local business that can put customers’ private financial information at risk. The viewer told CBS 11 News he took the photos at the dumpster behind a Mattress Firm store at the southwest corner of Glade Road and…
Cytta Reports Online Hacking of their Nevada Secretary of State Officer and Director Data
Cytta Corp. (OTCQB: CYCA) wishes to report that it was the victim of an online hacking incident on October 30th, 2014 in that, unauthorized person or persons accessed the Nevada Secretary of State Corporate filing system known as “Silverflume” and surreptitiously altered the Officer and Director information contained therein. This Corporate information is the backbone of numerous very important systems including banking, regulatory and reporting throughout the US. The unauthorized person or…
CORRECTION: NO Nationwide Insurance breach
CORRECTION: For some reason, an OLD news story showed up in my feed. There has been no new breach involving Nationwide Insurance. Original post deleted with apologies to Nationwide.