Graham Cluley writes: … from time to time, firms find themselves in the position of admitting that they have messed up massively with potentially disastrous consequences for their business and their innocent customers. What makes it even worse, however, is when the company that has fallen woefully short really should have known better. One such company which…
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Four hackers charged with stealing $100m in US army and Xbox technology
Nicky Woolf reports: Four men have been charged with breaking into the computer systems of Microsoft, the US army and leading games manufacturers, as part of an alleged international hacking ring that netted more than $100m in intellectual property, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday. The four, aged between 18 and 28, are…
Second data breach hits Twin Cities Cub Foods stores
Clare Kennedy reports: Supervalu Inc. reported a second data breach, saying hackers infiltrated point of sale terminals at four Twin Cities Cub Foods grocery stores in late August or September. Customer credit card information may have been taken from the Hastings, Shakopee, Roseville (Har Mar Mall) and White Bear Lake stores. Read more on Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal….
We Take Your Privacy and Security. Seriously.
One of the things Brian Krebs and I seem to have in common is that you don’t want to have to send either of us a breach notification letter. Brian writes of his own recent experience with Cox, who wrote to him and 51 other customers: “On or about Aug. 13, 2014, “we learned that one…
Lost Pizza Co in North Mississippi exposed to data hack
Ed Arnold reports that two Lost Pizza Company locations were also impacted by the Signature Systems breach that affected Jimmy John’s: The data hack that exposed the customers of more than 216 Jimmy John’s locations has also netted two Lost Pizza Company locations, both in North Mississippi. Credit card authorization and point-of-sale technology company Signature Systems, Inc. recently revealed that…
Security Breach Puts Altegrity’s Integrity And Liquidity On The Line
Kate Marino reports: Hackers have claimed some high-profile corporate victims over the last year, with household names like Target and Home Depot typically reaping the lion’s share of media attention. Cyber attacks represent a growing threat to the business world, and their fallout could cost the global economy as much as $3 trillion by 2020, according to a McKinsey & Co….