Kim Zetter reports: As a reward for his extensive cooperation helping prosecutors hunt down his fellow hackers, the government is seeking time served for the long-awaited sentencing of top LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, also known as “Sabu.” After delaying his sentencing for nearly three years, the government has asked a federal court to sentence…
Category: Hack
TradeMotion hacked
Oops. It seems TradeMotion, who describe themselves as the “Preferred Automotive Dealer eCommerce & Data Services Provider”- was hacked, and customer data compromised. Now one of their clients, AutoNation, is notifying some of their online customers that hackers may have accessed their names, postal and email addresses, telephone numbers and credit card numbers between March…
So how’s eBay doing on breach response so far?
Not well, it seems. There was no notice up on their site yesterday, and registered users did not receive e-mails warning them to change their passwords. Those who found out via media coverage rushed to the site today to try to change their passwords. The traffic was so heavy that the site couldn’t function well…
eBay argued against stronger privacy breach penalties
Josh Taylor reports: As eBay hastily informs its customers of its massive privacy breach, the company told the Australian Law Reform Commission that stopping reputation damage was enough of an incentive to protect customer data, and that statutory action against privacy breaches was unnecessary. Read more on ZDNet. By the way, the numbers are all…
Target profit falls 16% as breach takes toll
Associated Press reports: Target cut its annual profit outlook Wednesday and said its first-quarter earnings fell 16 percent as it took another hit from a massive customer data breach and a troubled expansion in Canada. The third-largest U.S. retailer, based in Minneapolis, also issued a second-quarter projection that was below analysts’ expectations. Read more on…
PA: Another Paytime client affected by hack notifies employees
Eric Veronikis reports that about 200 employees of Carlisle Borough are being notified of the breach at payroll processor Paytime, Inc.: Carlisle learned this week that its payroll information was compromised as the company it formerly used to process pay slips recently discovered a data breach that put the personal information of its customers’ employees at…