Kim Young-won reports: A 31-year-old was recently booked by the police for infiltrating the accounts of 25 million people on Naver, the nation’s largest Web portal. According to the National Police Agency on Wednesday, the suspect, surnamed Seo, purchased the private information of 25 million people from a Korean-Chinese in August this year. Seo then…
Category: Business Sector
Luxury agency investigates security breach
FashionUnited reports: Digital luxury agency Createthe Group is thought to be investigating a security breach involving a number of its luxury, fashion and retail clients. Renowned for its innovative commerce solutions, the New York and London-based company offers an e-commerce platform to fashion clients such as Belstaff, Marc Jacbos and Oscar de la Renta. The…
CN: Website security loopholes force Ctrip to stop saving user CCV info
Si Huan reports: Ctrip will stop saving users’ credit card verification (CCV) information online after system loopholes were discovered on the travel website that led to the leak of user information and possible money loss. Shanghai-based Ctrip, China’s biggest tourism website with more than 140 million users, said yesterday that it will not save users’…
MN: El Agave Mexican Restaurant hacked; over 200 customers report card fraud
Associated Press reports that there have been over 200 reports of card fraud by customers who used payment cards at a Fairmont, Minnesota restaurant, El Agave Mexican Restaurant. Officials believe a point-of-sale hack took place at the restaurant. Yesterday, El Agave posted this on their Facebook page: HELLO!! we wanna thank everyone for the support we’re…
Pointer: Senate Commerce report on Target data breach
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation released its report, “A “Kill Chain” Analysis of the 2013 Target Data Breach.” The report was prepared by the majority staff for Chairman Rockefeller.
Cerberus notifies users to reset paswords after some users’ usernames and encrypted passwords accessed
Email sent to Cerebus App users today (confirmed by Cerebus): Hi [username], Our Security Team recently discovered and blocked suspicious activity on Cerberus servers. The investigation found no evidence that your account was in any way accessed or compromised. However, the attacker(s) were able to gain access to usernames and encrypted passwords for a subset of…