[repost] One of the case studies in the 2010 annual report of the Data Protection Commissioner discussed a breach that I had not seen before: Case study 14: Hacking attack on SelfCatering.ie website A bank made a data security breach notification to my Office in 2009 in relation to the credit cards of 1200 customers…
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Honda Data Breach Triggers Lawsuit [repost]
[repost] Mathew J. Schwartz reports: … As with the Sony breach, lawyers for Honda customers filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of affected customers, seeking 200 million Canadian dollars ($206 million). The claim says that the breach exposed customers to “theft of their identity, theft from their bank accounts, and theft from their debit…
Honda Canada notifies customers of breach (UPDATED)
A DataBreaches.net reader alerted me that Honda Canada has been notifying some customers of a breach. According to a May 13th letter he received (French version, pdf), a breach involving unauthorized access of the My Honda (myhonda.honda.ca) and My Acura (myacura.acura.ca) web sites was detected in March 2011 and affected customers who were on certain…
Sony Music Japan hacked through SQL injection flaw
Chester Wisniewski writes: Another day, another attack on Sony. I reported yesterday on the SQL injection attack exposing user information on SonyMusic.gr and today attackers have found flaws in SonyMusic.co.jp. The Hacker News sent us a tip this evening documenting a couple of vulnerable web pages on SonyMusic.co.jp that allowed hackers to access their contents…
Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa notifies consumers of hacked card payment network
Via the Sacramento Bee, this press release: Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa announced today that it suffered a criminal intrusion into the portion of its computer network that processes payment card transactions. The company took immediate steps to investigate the matter, secure the affected part of its network, discontinued swiping payment cards and believes that…
Sony reports 2nd breach; 8,500 user accounts compromised
C’mon, CNN – this is not Sony’s second breach. Keep up, folks. More details on the latest Sony breach, mentioned yesterday on this blog. Per Nyberg reports: Sony on Tuesday reported another security breach, saying 8,500 user accounts had been compromised. The company said that Sony Music Entertainment Greece learned about the data breach late…