The U.S. Dept. of Justice has issued a press release about an indictment that may relate to some breaches involving Subway Restaurant previously reported on this blog. The case was filed May 4, but the indictment has just been unsealed. Four Romanian nationals have been charged in federal court for their alleged participation in an…
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Finnish travel service hacked; thousands of users’ passwords and e-mail addresses exposed
Another hack in Finland. A message on the home page of travel site Napsu.fi confirms that they were hacked on December 3 and that a list of registered users, usernames, email addresses and plain-text passwords were leaked. The firm is asking all registered users to change their passwords. From what I’ve seen so far, 11,976 usernames…
Restaurant Depot/Jetro Cash & Carry Customers’ Credit Cards Hacked (update2)
Gawker.com is not one of my usual sources for news on data breaches, but they managed to uncover a breach that we would not have known about had it not appeared on a firearms discussion forum (yes, really): If you used a credit card between the dates of Sept. 21 and Nov. 18th at national…
Millions of online poker players’ data leaked on the Internet
Online gambling sites have had a few mega breaches over the past few years. Now Ultimate Bet Poker (Blanca Games) has joined the unhappy ranks. No one seems to know how or who or when, but a lot of data on 3.5 million players has reportedly been available on the web since November 20. According…
MoneyGram Security Breach
Chester Robards reports: A MoneyGram agent in the Bahamas may have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars this weekend as a result of its system being hacked, The Tribune understands. Harvey Morris, managing director of MoneyGram, Omni Transfers, explained that the agent’s system was likely hacked by someone residing outside of the Bahamas. He said…
Update: Lucky urges some customers to close bank accounts as losses mount
Kevin McCallum reports: Shoppers who used the self-checkout lines at 21 Lucky supermarkets in the Bay Area should cancel their accounts to protect their money, the company that owns the grocery chain announced Monday. The warning does not yet include Lucky’s Supermarkets in the North Bay, but a store in Petaluma was under investigation as…