Maryke Penman reports: Overseas hackers have conned three Auckland businesses out of tens of thousands of dollars in an elaborate email scam. The Albany and Devonport-based businesses fell victim to the ruse when placing email orders with Chinese suppliers. Rosedale dive and spearfishing retailer Wettie was targeted when owner Darren Shields placed an order with…
Category: Business Sector
Pittsburgh Couple Sentenced To Probation And Community Service In Computer Hacking Case
A Pittsburgh couple have been sentenced in federal court today on their conviction of recklessly damaging a computer and password trafficking, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced last week. The defendants had pleaded guilty in June. United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Jonathan Cunningham, 29, and Alyson Cunningham, 26….
Telstra sanctioned for failing to protect customer data
Telstra is still getting bad press over a breach in 2011 that was previously covered on this blog. Telecoms giant Telstra has been sanctioned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority for failing to protect privacy of customer billing and personal information. The ACMA found that Telstra breached its customer privacy obligations when personal information…
Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service – Krebs
Regular readers will recall that back in April 2012, this blogger filed a complaint against Experian with the FTC over their numerous data breaches. Jordan Robertson of Bloomberg News provided media coverage of Experian’s breaches and the complaint in November last year. To date, however, the FTC has not announced any investigation or charges against…
Two NBC Sports laptops stolen from unattended car
If you follow me on Twitter and thought I was mad at NBC Sports over their coverage of Formula One (F1) racing, that may pale in comparison to how some others may be feeling this week after they’ve received a breach notification letter from NBC Sports. It seems that two of NBC Sports’ laptops were…
We don’t store credit card data…. oh wait, we are storing it?
A firm can have a great policy of not storing credit card numbers, but if the policy isn’t followed by staff, trouble can result. eReplacementParts.com learned this lesson the hard way. They discovered that despite their non-storage policy, credit card information of some customers had been stored. In some cases, the storage was due to…