Brittany Dionne reports the update to a case previously noted on this blog: The man accused of identity theft of more than 5,000 people at TSYS has pleaded guilty. Drew Johnson pleaded guilty to Unlawful Transfer and Possession or Use of a Means of Identification this morning at the federal courthouse in Columbus. The 26-year-old…
Category: Business Sector
Thousands hit in Tesco.com attack
Mark Ward reports: Tesco has deactivated customers’ internet accounts after their login names and passwords were shared online. The list of more than 2,000 Tesco.com accounts was posted to a popular text-sharing site earlier on Thursday. The supermarket giant said the data had been compiled by hackers using details stolen from other sites. A small…
Employees’ personal information compromised in Las Vegas Sands hacking (Updated)
Christopher Palmeri reports: Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), the world’s largest casino operator, was attacked by hackers who defaced at least one company website and posted personal information about employees. The unidentified intruders temporarily took over the home page of the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, posting statements criticizing Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon…
Email Attack on Vendor Set Up Breach at Target
Brian Krebs reports: The breach at Target Corp. that exposed credit card and personal data on more than 110 million consumers appears to have begun with a malware-laced email phishing attack sent to employees at an HVAC firm that did business with the nationwide retailer, according to sources close to the investigation. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com
Statement on Target data breach by HVAC vendor Fazio Mechanical Services
Statement on Target data breach Fazio Mechanical Services, Inc. places paramount importance on assuring the security of confidential customer data and information. While we cannot comment on the on-going federal investigation into the technical causes of the breach, we want to clarify important facts relating to this matter: Fazio Mechanical does not perform remote monitoring…
NC: Cryptolocker scambles US law firm’s entire cache of legal files
John E. Dunn reports: A small US law firm has bravely admitted losing its entire cache of legal documents to the Cryptolocker Trojan despite attempting to pay the $300 (£180) ransom in a bid to have them unscrambled. According to TV reports, Goodson’s law firm in the North Carolina state capital Charlotte [The Law Offices of Paul M. Goodson, P.C.] became the…