Bryan Cohen reports: The Russian man charged with stealing credit card numbers from the now shuttered Broadway Grill is now accused of stealing up to 2 million credit card numbers far beyond Seattle and leading a large international hacking syndicate, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. On Tuesday a federal grand jury in Seattle returned a “second superseding” indictment…
Category: Business Sector
Kmart discovers it was breached in September; discloses breach in SEC filing (UPDATED)
Danny Yadron of the Wall Street Journal just tweeted that Kmart has disclosed a data breach in its SEC filing. Indeed, they have: On October 9, Kmart’s Information Technology team detected Kmart’s payment data systems had been breached and immediately launched a full investigation working with a leading IT security firm. The investigation to date indicates…
Travelers Says Liability Policy Doesn’t Cover P.F. Chang’s Data Breach
Here we go again. Matthew Sturdevant reports: The Travelers Indemnity Co. of Connecticut is asking a federal court to rule that it is not responsible for legal expenses and losses stemming from a data breach at P.F. Chang’s Chinese Bistro. On Oct. 2, the insurer filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Connecticut, seeking…
FL: Swan and Dolphin Resort worker accused of snooping through personal information (UPDATED)
Jeff Deal reports: Investigators learned a worker at the Swan and Dolphin Resort on Walt Disney World property was snooping through personal information of others. Investigators said 26-year-old Bryant Plosch, a security officer at the resort, was supposed to use the database to protect guests. Instead, officials said they caught him logging in from his…
Thousands of Snapchat images may have been hacked via a third-party image-saving service
David Meyer reports: The database of a Snapchat image-saving service — not associated with Snapchat itself — has allegedly been hacked, and the hackers have claimed on 4chan that they will make hundreds of thousands of Snapchat users’ private images and videos available in a searchable database. Read more on GigaOm.
Is the precedent set for when a contractor gets breached?
Drew Hansen reports: As we reported, the Office of Personnel Management’s decision not to renew two contracts with Falls Chuch-based US Investigations Services LLC led to the loss of 2,500 jobs. But it might also have set a precedent for how government handles contractor breaches. As a reminder, in July, the background checks division at USIS was…