WITF reports that the Paytime breach affected even more than previously disclosed: Cumberland County-based Paytime says as many as 233,000 people may be affected by a data breach. The payroll processor distributed about 88,000 W-2’s in 2012, but says in a filing with the North Carolina Attorney General that dependents and spouses information may have also been…
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Credit Card Breach at P.F. Chang’s – Banks
Brian Krebs reports: Nationwide chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro said today that it is investigating claims of a data breach involving credit and debit card data reportedly stolen from restaurant locations nationwide. On June 9, thousands of newly-stolen credit and debit cards went up for sale on rescator[dot]so, an underground store best known for selling tens of millions of…
Craftsman Book’s Credit Card Files Hacked
Jeanne Price reports: An estimated 11,000 home improvement contractors and do-it-yourselfers who bought products from Craftsman-book.com can expect a data breach alert in their mailbox or email Inbox soon. “May 27, we discovered unauthorized activity on a website maintained by our company, Craftsman Book Company. On May 28 we sent a message recommending a change of your…
Rowan Companies notifies employees, vendors, and contractors of system intrusion
Rowan Companies in Houston, Texas reports that on May 13, they detected an intrusion into their system that contained employee and non-employee vendor and contractor personal information. According to their notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, they also received some reports of misuse of personal credit card, PayPal accounts, and bank account information. Although…
Istana website defacer fined $8,000
Elena Chong of The Straits Times reports: Singapore – A businessman who was fined $8,000 yesterday for hacking into the Istana website is the first to be convicted of carrying out a cyber attack on a government website here. Delson Moo Hiang Kng, 43, who runs an IT consultancy firm, admitted to one of three…
Romania sentences hacker ‘Guccifer’ to jail
Radu Marinas reports: A Romanian court sentenced hacker “Guccifer”, who broke into the emails of former U.S. president George W. Bush’s family, entertainment figures and the head of the Romanian secret service, to four years in jail on Friday. Read more on Reuters.