Tumblr, which had to apologize to iOS users for revealing email addresses and passwords back in July, may need to start apologizing again for what appears to be another screw-up. A DataBreaches.net reader writes: I received a notice from Tumblr that congratulated me for 1 year with them. Problem is, instead of using my user…
Category: Business Sector
Yoke’s, Rosauers urge customers to not use cards amid network hack
Tom Sowa reports: Some Spokane-area grocery stores, including all 12 Yoke’s Fresh Markets and 21 Rosauers stores, are telling customers that debit and credit card payments won’t be processed normally while investigators try to secure a computer network that was hacked over the past two months. The data breach was reported in recent weeks by local…
Evernote tells some users to change their passwords. (Psst! It’s Adobe’s fault…)
Graham Cluley writes: Just like Facebook before it, Evernote has been scouring the list of millions of email addresses and passwords exposed by the recent mega-breach at Adobe. And, if Evernote finds an email address in Adobe’s breached database that matches that belonging to an Evernote user, they are sending them a message telling them to…
RacingPost.com hacked; change your passwords
The following statement was posted on RacingPost.com this morning: Stringent new measures are being put in place to prevent a repeat of the security breach that has affected racingpost.com. In the meantime, the website is completely safe to use as you wish because we have removed all log-in and registration functionality. Betting through the site…
Flamingo Resort and Spa notifying employees after virus may have exposed payroll information
Flamingo Resort and Spa is notifying all current and former employees after they discovered that a virus on the payroll computer might have allowed a hacker to access their personal information, including Social Security number, date of birth, address, phone number, and for those used direct deposit, bank routing numbers. The virus was discovered within…
Kroll Background America hacked (update4)
Kroll Background America was hacked sometime between June and September of this year. In late October, they determined that 548 California residents had their information acquired. That information included names, and in some instances their dates of birth, addresses, and social security numbers. Those whose SSN was acquired are being offered free ID theft services from Kroll…