From the Information Commissioner’s Office, an update and more details on the Racing Post breach: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is warning businesses that they must be prepared for a targeted attack. The warning comes as the Racing Post signs a commitment to improve its IT security practices after 677,335 accounts were compromised during a…
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Judge declines to cork wine shop’s suit against bank
Lisa Hoffman reports: A Nebraska federal judge has refused to dismiss a wine store’s proposed class action against Nebraska banks that, after suffering an alleged data breach, charged fees on purchases to customers whose credit and debit card numbers were stolen and used by thieves. Judge Lyle Strom of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
How Statoil held off hacker attack last year
It’s always helpful when companies are willing to talk about what happened when they were attacked. In the wake of yesterday’s report about major Norwegian oil firms being attacked or warned of attacks, Statoil revealed that it was also the target of a massive attack last year. As reported on NewsinEnglish.no: “It started on March…
Attorneys General Probe into eBay Security Breach Continues
Kenneth Corbin reports that the investigation by more than 10 states’ attorneys general into the eBay breach disclosed in May continues. In a statement to ECommerceBytes, Connecticut Assistant Attorney General Matt Fitzsimmons said the attorneys general are looking into the specific circumstances surrounding the breach, as well as the general safeguards eBay has in place to…
Dozens of Norwegian oil companies hacked; others warned
Around 300 oil and energy in Norway companies has [sic] been affected by one of the biggest computer hacking attacks ever to happen in the country, a government source said on Wednesday. National Security Authority Norway (Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet – NSM) revealed 50 companies in the oil sector were hacked and 250 more are now being…
Dairy Queen Breach? HQ Says No, But Would it Know?
Brian Krebs reports: Sources in the financial industry say they’re seeing signs that Dairy Queen may be the latest retail chain to be victimized by cybercrooks bent on stealing credit and debit card data. Dairy Queen says it has no indication of a card breach at any of its thousands of locations, but the company also acknowledges that nearly…