Vibram is notifying some customers that their third-party hosting provider was hacked and that customers making online purchases at vibramfivefingers.com between June 6 and July 7 may have had their credit card numbers compromised. As a result of the breach, the manufacturer and retailer of five-finger running shoes is taking its hosting business to another provider,…
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Erie feds: IDs stolen from NYC welfare records
Lisa Thompson reports: More than 400 of the identities stolen in a massive Erie federal wire fraud case appear to have been lifted from the case records of New York City public assistance clients, a federal prosecutor said. Federal investigators believe one of the Nigerian defendants recently indicted in Erie in a $10 million identity…
Target’s Data Breach Is Going To Cost The Company Even More Than It Previously Thought
Myles Udland reports: Target’s data breach just got more expensive. In a statement, the retailer said its second quarter earnings will include a $148 million charge related to losses regarding the massive data breach which occurred during last year’s holiday shopping season. This is more than the company previously estimated. Read more on BusinessInsider
Wireless Emporium customers notified of breach
If you shopped online at WirelessEmporium.com between December 24, 2013 and January, your name, address, payment card number, expiration date, and CVV code made have been acquired by a hacker who inserted malicious software. If you’re among those affected (and they don’t reveal how many were notified), you’ll have to manage on your own as…
Delaware restaurants reportedly affected by credit card security breach
More problems related to LogMeIn? If you’re dining out in Delaware, it may be safer to use cash. Dover Post reports: A number of restaurants in Delaware may have been affected by a security breach that compromised promised software used by customers to pay their bills. The alert was issued July 23 by the Delaware…
Former eastern Jackson County car dealer sentenced in $1.1 million fraudulent loan case
Brian Burnes reports the sentencing of the owner of Edge Auto Sales, who misused his customers’ information. A former Kansas City-area used car dealer behind one of the largest identify theft cases ever prosecuted in a Missouri court was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Terry Lee Morrow Jr. used his customers’ names, birth…