Tom Incantalupo reports that Long Island-based Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace is notifying customers of three of its stores that hackers may have acquired payment card numbers and expiration dates – but not cardholder names, personal identification numbers, security codes, customer addresses or any other personal information. The retailer learned of the breach when they were contacted by a…
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UK: Loan firm ‘Buy As You View’ promises probe after papers found in street
Paul Kelly reports: Red-faced bosses have apologised after papers outlining debts owed to a high-interest loan company by South Tynesiders were found discarded in the street. Liz Garlinge, 55, was leaving her home in Honeysuckle Avenue, West Harton, South Shields, when she saw the highly sensitive document lying on her drive. She was stunned to…
ComiXology Announces A Security Breach, What You Need To Do
Bryan M. Wolfe reports: Digital comic book seller ComiXology has announced a security breach. As a result, users must reset their passwords. In an email to users, ComiXology reveals that an “unauthorized individual” has gained access to a database that contains “usernames, email addresses, and cryptographically protected passwords.” They note that payment account information was not compromised….
KR: Personal data of 12 million KT customers stolen: police
Yonhap News Agency reports a hack affecting almost three-fourths of KT Corporation (formerly known as Korea Telecom)’s customers: Three people, including a telemarketer, were arrested in connection with the case, the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said. The leaked information included victims’ names, resident registration numbers, places of employment and bank account details. Police believe the…
UK: KCOM caught in yet ANOTHER customer privacy snafu
Kelly Fiveash reports on several breaches at KCOM that had not been previously reported on this blog: Hull-based telco KCOM has coughed to another privacy clanger – this time admitting to wrongly sharing some of its customers’ email addresses with other subscribers. But it’s unclear whether the ISP has turned itself into the Information Commissioner’s…
OANDA notifies clients registered for fxPense service to change passwords
The text of a customer notification letter from OANDA, as seen on the California Attorney General’s website: We are writing to inform you of an unauthorized breach affecting some of our clients, which occurred on the morning of Monday March 3, 2014. Please note that this incident did not impact the fxTrade services, client trades or…