Brian Krebs reports: Signature Systems Inc., the point-of-sale vendor blamed for a credit and debit card breach involving some 216 Jimmy John’s sandwich shop locations, now says the breach also may have jeopardized customer card numbers at nearly 100 other independent restaurants across the country that use its products. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.
Category: U.S.
G.O.P. Error Reveals Donors and the Price of Access
Jonathan Weisman reports: In politics, it is sometimes better to be lucky than good. Republicans and Democrats, and groups sympathetic to each, spend millions on sophisticated technology to gain an advantage. They do it to exploit vulnerabilities and to make their own information secure. But sometimes, a simple coding mistake can lay bare documents and…
TX: School district mistakenly turns over parents’ information to PAC
Rashi Vats reports that a political group obtained parents’ email addresses from Katy Independent School District in Texas – even though that information should not have been released. Anthony Kessel is a Katy ISD parent who wanted answers after receiving an email from a community-led group pushing the passage of a school bond in November….
NC: Hertford County security breach puts some taxpayers at risk
Holly Henry reports on WTKR: Some taxpayers may be at risk in Hertford County, after a list containing confidential information on the Hertford County Website was compromised. The following statement is from the Hertford County Commissioners on a recent security breach: The posting of a list of delinquent tax liens for tax years 2005 thru…
Ex-wife of former Pacific Grove police commander sentenced to prison for identity theft, fraud
Ana Ceballas reports: Kristin Nyunt, the ex-wife of a former Pacific Grove police commander, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison Tuesday for fraud, identity theft and several other charges. Upon reviewing “tens of thousands of emails and text messages” and financial documents, the FBI and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office…
Jimmy John’s Confirms Breach at 216 Stores
Brian Krebs reports: More than seven weeks after this publication broke the news of a possible credit card breach at nationwide sandwich chain Jimmy John’s, the company now confirms that a break-in at one of its payment vendors jeopardized customer credit and debit card information at 216 stores. […] The statement from Jimmy John’s doesn’t…