George V. Hulme writes: Earlier this month more than 50 companies were involved in a massive heist of names and email addresses from Epsilon Interactive. With millions of customers of companies such as Best Buy, Brookestone, Dell, Marriott and many others affected, the question is being raised: are so many breach notifications from so many…
Category: Breach Incidents
IA: Reports of credit-card fraud in Muscatine
I, along with several people I work with and friends, have had our credit card numbers compromised and used for online purchases in other states. The cards themselves were not stolen, but the numbers were used. I’m just curious if this is a widespread problem in Muscatine. I called the police to report it and…
FR: Hacker arrested after TV brag
From the unchecked-ego dept. Hundreds of bank card details have been found at the home of a computer hacker who boasted on TV of how he could break into the systems of the army and aerospace group Thalès. Thalès pressed charges after the program Complément d’enquête on France 2 showed the man breaking into their…
Hacker breaks into Barracuda Networks database
Robert McMillan reports: A hacker has broken into a Barracuda Networks database and obtained names and e-mail addresses of some of the security company’s employees, channel partners and sales leads. The hacker, who called himself Fdf, posted proof of his attack to the Web on Monday, showing e-mail addresses of company employees and names, e-mail addresses,…
Texas comptroller’s office data breach exposes 3.5 million teachers’ and employees’ Social Security numbers and other personal information
Kelley Shannon reports: Texas Comptroller Susan Combs revealed Monday that the personal information of 3.5 million people has been inadvertently disclosed by her agency, making Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other data accessible to the public. The information was available on a publicly accessible computer server and included data transferred by the Teacher…
CO: Credit card fraud hits Snowmass
Chad Abraham reports from Aspen: The credit card numbers of at least 12 people in Snowmass Village have been used fraudulently in purchases, or attempted buys, at stores across the nation. Art Smythe, the town’s police chief, said the victims still have their cards, but the culprits were somehow able to get the numbers. Most…