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…
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Felony charges for Georgia Tech student who hacked U. Georgia network
Joe Johnson reports: A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted a Georgia Tech student for allegedly hacking into the University of Georgia’s computer network to post a message prior to the annual rivalry football game between the Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets. Ryan Gregory Pickren, 21, was charged with felony computer trespass for making the posting…
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…
Target Hackers Hit OneStopParking.com
Brian Krebs reports: Parking services have taken a beating this year at the hands of hackers bent on stealing credit and debit card data. This week’s victim — onestopparking.com — comes compliments of the same organized crime gang thought to be responsible for stealing tens of millions of card numbers from shoppers at Target and Home Depot. Read more on…
Lokai Holdings notifies customers of payment card breach
Lokai Holdings is notifying customers who made purchases on mylokai.com between July 18, 2014 and October 28, 2014 that their payment card information (name, address, payment card number, expiration date, verification code, and the user name and password for customer accounts) may have been compromised. You can read their template notification here. The metadata for the breach that they submitted to…
Harmonic strikes discordant note with employee data protection
And here’s yet another recent case out of California where a laptop with personal information was stolen from a vehicle. This time, it’s Harmonic: We are writing to inform you of a potential information security incident involving your personal information. While Harmonic does not know whether your personal information has been or will be misused,…