Matt Coyne reports that a former employee of Segmark Solutions was able to hack into their computer systems, causing $7,000 damage to the system and misusing corporate credit card numbers. My question is how was he able to do that? Did he really hack into the system or was his access not terminated when he left…
Category: Business Sector
Over 12,000 digital game purchasers notified of breach involving TryMedia’s ActiveStore application
TryMedia, a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc.. recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security breach involving its ActiveStore application that is used by partner sites selling digital games. According to their letter dated January 13, the firm became aware of an intrusion into its ActiveStore application and believes the intruders were able to…
CORRECTED and DELETED: NC: Documents Containing Personal Info Found In Dumpster
CORRECTION: The incident reported in this entry was from 2009. Don’t know how it showed up as news in my newsreader, but my apologies for reporting it again as a new incident and am deleting it.
FL: Customer credit cards compromised at restaurant
Stephanie Kolp reports: At least eight people say they’re the victim of credit card fraud. And the one thing they all have in common is that they all ate at the same restaurant in December. Anthony Valerio was one of those victims. “I realized there was a $77 charge to my account and I didn’t…
NC: Deputies: Windstream employee stole ‘numerous’ customer accounts in fraud
Nathan Hardin reports: A Mt. Pleasant man turned himself in this morning after authorities issued warrants for his arrest. Deputies said he stole “numerous” customer accounts for more than a year while he was working as a Windstream employee. Authorities said Walter Darnell Austin, 45, used the financial information of Windstream internet customers to buy…
Tide fans ordering from Bamastuff.com may have had credit card information stolen
Yvonne T. Betowt reports: University of Alabama fans who bought items from Bamastuff.com between Aug. 1, 2009, and Jan. 16, 2012, are being alerted to contact their banks for possible illegal and unauthorized use of their credit cards. Bamastuff.com has sent out email notifications informing customers about a breach in its database, which was discovered…