EZ Yield, a third party hotel reservation service provider, has started notifying customers that their credit card information may have been compromised by hackers. You can read the notification here (pdf). Update: idRADAR.com has delved into this breach report more. See their comments here.
Category: Business Sector
Tampa woman found guilty in credit-card fraud ring
A Tampa woman was found guilty for her role in an identity theft ring during which conspirators ripped off credit card numbers from unsuspecting customers at International Plaza. Viviana Reyes, 40, was convicted of credit card fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and identity theft, according to the U.S. Department…
NZ: FOI request results in data breach
Radio New Zealand reports: Wellington City Council has admitted its parking contractor accidentally leaked personal details of tens of thousands of motorists to a member of the public who made an official information request. It says contractor Tenix Solutions sent the man information relating to 120,000 tickets, including names and addresses of vehicle owners and…
Swedes uncover Disqus user security breach
David Landes reports: A group of Swedish journalists are sitting on a goldmine of 29 million online comments, with information about users’ identities, from news sites around the world thanks to a security flaw in debate moderation service Disqus. After outing several ‘online haters’ at home, which caused several resignations from the populist, far-right Sweden Democrat…
NY: Restaurant employee sentenced for skimming customers’ card numbers
Following up on an insider breach at the Golden Town Buffet reported previously on this blog: the defendant who pleaded guilty last month, Heng Li, has been sentenced to 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison for skimming credit card numbers. Read more on CBS Albany.
NYC: Credit Card Info Stolen From Fine Fare Supermarket Customers, Police Say
Serena Solomon reports: Half a dozen customers of a Lower East Side supermarket had their credit card information stolen after shopping at the store this fall, the store’s manager said. The customers all reported seeing unapproved purchases on their credit cards days after shopping at Fine Fare Supermarket at 175 Clinton St., said David Vargos, the store’s…