The Associated Press reports: MasterCard Inc. said Thursday nearly all of the banks with claims related to a 2008 data security breach have agreed to accept a settlement. The settlement, agreed to by MasterCard and credit card payment processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc., required at least 80 percent acceptance by MasterCard issuing banks. MasterCard said…
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UK: Barking and Dagenham data breach put bank details at risk
A data breach cost the council £20,000 to fix after fears that bank details of employees may have been hacked into. Council staff discovered the breach on February 3 and found that the financial system had been cloned into a test server, copying sensitive data. They detected a large amount of hacking activity from overseas…
Cisco warns attendees that the Cisco Live database was hacked
Larry Chaffin writes: I, along with thousands of others, received an interesting e-mail from Cisco this morning warning me that details about me seem to have wound up in the hands of unauthorized people. Cisco Subnet editor, Julie Bort, also received an e-mail tip from a reader about the situation. You know I have many…
Investor, TJX settle suit over data theft
Hiawatha Bray reports: TJX Cos., which owns the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount retail chains, has settled an investor lawsuit related to the theft of millions of its customers’ credit card numbers. The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System, which holds shares of TJX stock, alleged that members of the TJX board of directors failed…
Pirate Bay Hack Exposes User Booty
Brian Krebs reports: Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of more than 4 million Pirate Bay users, according to information obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com. An Argentinian hacker named Ch Russo said he and two of his associates discovered multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities that…
IN: Card breach linked to national company
Kristin Maiorano reports: A local security breach with credit and debit cards has been linked to a national company. Lafayette Police detective B.T. Brown said the security issue affected the Camilles Sidewalk Cafe restaurants in the area. But Brown said the breach was strictly through Camilles’ parent company, Beautiful Brands International. “They [local Camilles franchises]…