Press release from NORCOM, issued yesterday: BELLEVUE, Wash.–The North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency (NORCOM) has announced it is working with local and federal agencies to investigate the security breach of a server that stored records of an estimated 6,000 medical responses for Duvall Fire District 45, Skykomish Fire Department and Snoqualmie Pass Fire & Rescue (Fire District…
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Is Target’s offer of an Experian-only ID theft product good enough?
idRADAR has some comments about Target’s offer of an ID theft product. I found it interesting to read because I wouldn’t have realized that what Target negotiated was not the usual kind of product that checks all three major credit reporting databases – Experian, Equifax, and Transunion. The plan Target arranged with Experian only checks…
Hackers Steal Card Data from Neiman Marcus
Brian Krebs reports: Responding to inquiries about a possible data breach involving customer credit and debit card information, upscale retailer Neiman Marcus acknowledged today that it is working with the U.S. Secret Service to investigate a hacker break-in that has exposed an unknown number of customer cards. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com.
Target update: 70 million MORE customers affected by breach (Update)
From their press release of today: MINNEAPOLIS — January 10, 2014 Target today announced updates on its continuing investigation into the recent data breach and its expected fourth quarter financial performance. As part of Target’s ongoing forensic investigation, it has been determined that certain guest information — separate from the payment card data previously disclosed —…
The Straight Dope forum hacked – reset your passwords
The following notice was posted on The Straight Dope on January 7: Important Message about your Straight Dope Account and Password Our security team recently discovered that the Straight Dope message board forum was targeted and hacked. This resulted in the illegal acquisition of message board users’ information, namely usernames, email addresses, and Straight Dope…
Internet Scammers Change Some Boston University Direct Deposit Accounts
Rich Barlow reports: Apparently using a common internet deception called phishing, scammers obtained log-in information allowing them to change direct deposit routing information for the paychecks of 10 BU employees in December. The employees’ monthly paychecks were then routed elsewhere. […] Shamblin says that users of suspicious internet protocol (IP) addresses gained access to the…