via BeSpacific: FINRA Report on Cybersecurity Practices, February 2015 – Executive Summary: Like many organizations in the financial services and other sectors, broker-dealers (firms) are the target of cyberattacks. The frequency and sophistication of these attacks is increasing and individual broker-dealers, and the industry as a whole, must make responding to these threats a high priority….
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Watch: Dumpster confrontation; FOX31 investigator finds customers’ personal info
Heidi Hemmat reports: The Arapahoe County Sherriff’s department executed a search warrant at a TV and electronics repair shop that was at the center of a FOX31 Denver investigation. Deputies were at AAAA TV in Centennial Friday after a FOX31 investigation found the store was charging customers for unnecessary parts and repairs and holding customers’ items…
Park ‘N Fly updates consumers about data breach
On January 13, 2015, Park ‘N Fly (“PNF”) began notifying customers of a security compromise involving payment card data processed through its e-commerce website. PNF has been working continuously to understand the nature and scope of the incident, and has engaged third-party data forensics experts to assist with its investigation. The security compromise has been addressed, we…
IL: Midlothian cops pay ransom to retrieve data from hacker
Gregory Pratt reports: A south suburban police department paid a $500 ransom to an unidentified hacker to regain access to data from a police computer the hacker managed to disable, records show. Midlothian in January was hit with a form of computer virus called Cryptoware, said Calvin Harden Jr., an IT vendor who works with…
Chesapeake Sues McClendon, Alleging Theft Of ‘Trade Secrets’
Christopher Helman reported: Today Chesapeake Energy sued American Energy Partners, the new company created by its embattled former CEO Aubrey McClendon. The complaint, filed in Oklahoma County District Court, alleges that in his waning days as CEO of Chesapeake, McClendon squirreled away massive amounts of data, containing “highly sensitive trade secrets.” After his departure from…
Bulk Reef Supply web site compromised between July 2014 – January 2015
Security update from Bulk Reef Supply: February 18, 2015 We want to express our sincere regret to the customers of Bulk Reef Supply whose personal information was stolen from our website server. BulkReefSupply.com (“BRS”) learned of a data security incident caused by an outside hacker intrusion to its website. While we are continuing to investigate…