There’s an update to a Subway breach previously reported here. Jeremy Kirk reports: A former owner of several Subway fast-food restaurants in southern California pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a gift card scheme that involved tampering with several other Subway stores’ computerized cash registers. Federal prosecutors accused Shahin Abdollahi, 46, of Lake Elsinore, California,…
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University of Nebraska – Omaha Investigating Security Breach Involving Personal Information
KPTM reports: School officials at UNO say they are investigating unauthorized access to an administrative server within campus security. They say an incident was discovered last week during a security scan and that the server contained files with personal information and Social Security numbers. Police are looking into the case to see if any individuals’ personal…
Wayne County employees information part of Paytime breach
Terrie Morgan-Besecker reports that employees of Wayne County, Pennsylvania have been notified of the Paytime, Inc. breach noted previously on this blog: Hackers breached Wayne County’s payroll processor, potentially gaining access to hundreds of government employees’ Social Security numbers, home addresses and bank account information. Chief Clerk Vicky Botjer confirmed the county was notified Tuesday…
Retail industry to share data breach information
Tiffany Hsu reports: Retail heavyweights such as J.C. Penney, Gap, Nike and Walgreen are joining forces with the Retail Industry Leaders Assn. to try to protect the industry from hackers and other cybercriminals. On Wednesday the companies and the trade group launched an intelligence-sharing center designed to prevent the kind of data breach that struck…
PA: Hackers breach Paytime, Inc. payroll company
Joshua Vaughn reports: One Midstate payroll company is working to address security issues after discovering hackers had breached its security and accessed client information. In a written statement, Paytime Inc. of Upper Allen Township said it discovered a security breach on April 30. A subsequent investigation by third-party forensic IT experts found that the intruders…
OR: Portland radio contestants data breached
Amy Frazier reports: Entercom, the owner of eight radio stations in the Portland area, had data containing personal information from listeners and staff stolen from a car in late February. As many as 13,000 people are affected. Officials with Entercom alerted Portland police after the theft happened on February 28 on SE 17th between Burnside…