Lynn Talbot, Jr., CPA, CVA is notifying clients after discovering malware on his system. In a letter that will be going out to clients next week, Talbot explains: On April 19, 2016, I detected suspicious activity on a work computer. I immediately took the computer off-line and contacted our IT consultant. The consultant has confirmed unusual…
Category: Breach Incidents
Hi-Tec Sports notifies Hi-Tec, Magnum Boots customers of payment card compromise
Hi-Tec Sports, a Netherlands firm with its U.S. headquarters in California, is notifying customers about a compromise affecting its online ordering system and payment card data. In a letter to those affected, DeGay Harris, CFO, explains that they first became aware of a potential problem when several customers reported problems with their payment cards after using them to make a purchase…
City College of San Francisco notifies students after employee falls prey to phishing scam
The City College of San Francisco is notifying some students after an employee responded to a phishing scam. As the college explains in a letter from Jay Field, Chief Technology Officer: On April 15, 2016, we learned that an employee had responded to a “phishing” email thinking that it was a legitimate request. When we learned of this, we…
Double whammy: Avention investigating two data breaches involving employee info
Massachusetts-based Avention, formerly known as OneSource Solutions, is investigating two recent data breaches that may, or may not, be the work of the same criminal(s). In a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, their external counsel provides a chronology of events, beginning with reports by some employees on April 19 that their tax returns had been rejected because…
Experian/Court Ventures/InfoSearch identity theft lawsuit remanded to state court
On Friday, U.S. District Judge James Selna sent a lawsuit against Experian, Court Ventures, and InfoSearch back to Orange County Superior Court, denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss outright. The case is Patton v. Experian, and I blogged about it when it was first filed last year. I’ve also blogged, in the past, about how outrageous it…
Update on Wendy’s breach
Wendy’s issued its first quarter report for 2016 this week, and a section of its press release on the report addresses its data breach: Update on investigation into unusual credit card activity As previously reported, the Company engaged cybersecurity experts earlier this year to conduct a comprehensive investigation into unusual credit card activity at some Wendy’s restaurants….