Levi Pulkkinen reports: Following a computer breach earlier in December, Eastern Washington University will be notifying 130,000 current and former students that their identifying information may have been compromised. While it remains unclear whether any students or alumni have had their identities stolen due to the breach, officials with the Cheney-based university are preparing to…
Category: Breach Incidents
UK: Hacker rattles 21,000 iPhone unlockers
Bill Ray reports: Hackers have mailed 21,000 customers of iPhoneUnlockUK to remind them the company uses unlicensed software, and that their details have been compromised. E-mails were sent out to customers of the iPhone unlocking service, with claims that iPhoneUnlockUK is guilty of stealing software and selling it illegally. The mail goes on to recommend…
Ca: Debit-card fraud hits Guelph bank customers
Vik Kirsch reports: TD Canada Trust customers stood in long lineups in at least one Guelph branch Tuesday to replace debit cards after cash was stolen from their accounts or as a precaution against this high-tech theft. “The lineup was just incredible,” customer Irene Hayes said after replacing her debit card to guard against further…
Target Co was victim of hacker Albert Gonzalez
Target Co said it was among the victims of computer hacker Albert Gonzalez, mastermind of the biggest identity theft in U.S. history. […] Target spokeswoman Amy Reilly said her company was among the victims, having had an “extremely limited” number of payment card numbers stolen by Gonzalez about two years ago. She declined to say…
Skimmers hitting debit card customers across N.C.
Dan Bowens reports: Cases in which debit card information has been stolen are cropping up across North Carolina, and officials said Tuesday that thousands of customers could be affected. The State Employees Credit Union informed about 300 customers in recent days that their account information had been obtained by skimmers and used to make withdrawals…
Major International Hacker Pleads Guilty For Massive Attack On U.s. Retail And Banking Networks
Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and to steal data relating to tens of millions of credit and debit cards, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey…