Max Smolaks reports: US charity Goodwill Industries International has announced the results of a six week long investigation into a suspected data breach, admitting that around 868,000 customer credit and debit cards have been compromised. Read more on TechWeek Europe.
Category: U.S.
Computers for Hire Said to Send JPMorgan Data to Russia
Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley report: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s own investigators have found clues that a global network of computers available for hire by sophisticated criminals was used to reroute data stolen from the bank to a major Russian city, according to people familiar with the probe. Like street magicians using sleight of…
Target Wants Banks’ Claims Tossed In Data Breach MDL
This is where lawyers earn their keep: Target Corp. urged a Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday to toss a consolidated class action over the company’s massive data breach, arguing that the bank plaintiffs cannot claim negligence because they do not have a direct relationship with Target. Target argues that under state law, merchants aren’t liable…
Update: Nearly All U.S. Home Depot Stores Hit – Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: New data gathered from the cybercrime underground suggests that the apparent credit and debit card breach at Home Depot involves nearly all of the company’s stores across the nation. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com.
CA Department of Social Services files with identity info accidentally disposed of without shredding
From the California Health & Human Services Agency Department of Social Services: We are writing to inform you of a security incident involving your personal information. On July 17, 2014, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) was informed of the unauthorized release of documentation that may have included your personal information. Confidential documents were accidentally…
Banks: Credit Card Breach at Home Depot – Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this morning in the cybercrime underground. Home Depot says that it is working with banks and law enforcement agencies to investigate reports of suspicious…