Shia Kapos reports: The Chicago Yacht Club has reported a data breach involving credit and debit cards of its high-profile members. “Regrettably, the Club suffered a computer security incident that may involve your personal information,” wrote Commodore Gerald Bober in a July 31 letter to members. Read more on Chicago Business.
Category: Business Sector
Ex-Citadel Worker Pleads Guilty to HFT Data Theft
Andrew Harris reports: A former Citadel LLC employee pleaded guilty to stealing data from the Chicago investment firm and high-frequency trading computer code from another company. Yihao Ben Pu, 26, who was first charged in 2011, today admitted taking the proprietary information from Citadel that year and to an earlier theft of trade secrets from…
Broward woman who stole AT&T customers’ identities gets prison sentence
Paula McMahon reports: A Lauderdale Lakes woman, who admitted she stole the identities of about 18 AT&T customers, has been sentenced to two years and 10 months in federal prison, prosecutors said Thursday. Chouman Emily Syrilien, 25, of Lauderdale Lakes, who is also an amateur rap artist known as Nootchi Bankzz, pleaded guilty earlier this…
Canadian in Paddy Power breach: I purchased a lot of data for marketing, but I wasn’t the hacker
From CalvinAyre.com: Last week we reported in on a security breach at Paddy Power. The Irish gambling operator announced the breach after a database of 650K names, postal addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and account login information was discovered in the possession of a Canadian man. The Ontario Provincial Police have refused to name the man the…
United States Investigations Services (USIS) suffers major computer breach, officials say; DHS contractor
Ellen Nakashima reports: A major U.S. contractor that conducts background checks for the Department of Homeland Security has suffered a computer breach that likely resulted in the theft of employees’ personal information, officials said Wednesday. The company, USIS, said in a statement that the intrusion “has all the markings of a state-sponsored attack.” The breach,…
Unconfirmed claim: Anonymous Iran hacks Israeli job site, leaks personal details of 70k users
Wagas reports: A group of Iranian hackers going with the handle of Islamic Cyber Resistance (ICRG), who call themselves Anonymous as well have claimed to breach an Israeli job (http://www.zerem.co.il/) website and leak personal details of 70,000 registered users. The breach was conducted under the banner of #OpSaveGaza. In an exclusive email conversation, hackers from Islamic…