JR Brookwalter reports: Gamigo, an online game publisher based in Germany, was the subject of a security breach back in late February – but apparently, the worse was yet to come. After notifying its customers about the security breach back on March 1 via email, the email addresses and encrypted passwords of all 8.24 million…
Category: Business Sector
Former RadioShack employee sentenced for ID theft
The Associated Press has an update to a case that began in 2007: A former RadioShack Corp. call center worker has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for identity theft. Prosecutors in North Texas say Youlanda Rochelle Wright used the information to file false income tax returns and claim refunds. Wright had…
IL: Steakhouse Beefs Up Security
Jeremy Clements reports: The owner of an Alton restaurant is reaching out to customers to let them know that they have stepped up security to prevent another credit card scam from occurring. Two years ago five people, including two employees of Amarillo Tex’s Steakhouse and Saloon were caught skimming customers credit card numbers. Since that…
Maplesoft Affected by Security Breach
Seen on Maplesoft’s web site: Maplesoft is investigating a security breach of its administrative database that took place on July 17th, 2012. As a result of the breach, the perpetrators gained access to some email subscription data, including email addresses, first and last names, and company and institution names. Any financial information held by Maplesoft remains…
Albert Gonzalez co-conspirator sentenced to 7 years in prison for Dave & Buster’s hack and other crimes
Aleksandr Suvorov, of Estonia, was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison for his role in two separate hacking schemes involving a total of more than 240,000 stolen credit card numbers. Suvorov, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein in Central Islip, N.Y. Suvorov was an accomplice to Albert Gonzalez, one of…
Hacker claims breach of 50,000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A hacker today claimed to have broken into ITWallStreet.com, a website for IT professionals seeking jobs or working with Wall Street firms, and exposed highly detailed data belonging to tens of thousands of job applicants. As many as 12 data files containing detailed information on job applicants were publicly posted today after…