DALLAS — Wingstop today announced that four of its independently owned and operated franchise locations may have been impacted by a data security attack on point-of-sale (POS) systems that could have enabled attackers to capture customer payment card information such as account number, expiration date or cardholder name. After receiving indications of suspicious activity, the company…
Category: ID Theft
Boomerang still not telling customers whether they’ve confirmed a security breach
In today’s installment, Boomerang offers customers “£12 worth of Payback Points and Exclusive Access to Bonus Games,” but there’s no mention as to whether they’ve confirmed they had a security breach (previous coverage here). Of course, some forensic investigations take more time than customers would like, but there is absolutely no statement that I can see…
Macedonia man pleads not guilty in US identity theft case
Ken Ritter of AP reports: A Macedonia man pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court in Las Vegas to criminal charges alleging he sold counterfeit credit cards as part of worldwide cybercrime identity-theft organization known as Carder.su. Jordan Georgievski, 41, huddled with a translator to read the January 2012 indictment charging him with conspiracy and…
UK: Boomerang Rentals customers report fraudulent card charges (Update 2)
And for Tuesday’s edition of “How Not to Handle a Reported Breach,” we give you….. (drum roll)…. Boomerang Rentals. John Leyden of The Register provides a recap of what happened when customers started expressing concerns about fraudulent charges on cards they had on file with the video game rental service. Neil Bolt of PSU also…
Feds still unraveling extent of tax fraud in Miami Dade College student accounts
Jay Weaver reports: A tipster walked into the FBI’s South Florida office a few years ago to complain that young cyber criminals in the North Miami area were using something called a “key” in street lingo to steal people’s identities. That key, FBI agents would soon figure out, was really a combination of names, birth…
Banks: Card Breach at Some Chick-fil-A’s
Brian Krebs reports: Sources at several U.S. financial institutions say they have traced a pattern of credit card fraud back to accounts that all were used at different Chick-fil-A fast food restaurants around the country. Chick-fil-A told KrebsOnSecurity that it has received similar reports and is working with IT security firms and law enforcement in an ongoing…