Reznick Group, a top 20 national CPA firm, today announced that it has been informed by AssureCare Risk Management, Inc. (“ARM”), the former service provider of Reznick Group’s employee benefits plan from 2001-2006, that ARM has suffered a security breach of its computer server that may affect former and current Reznick Group employees and their…
Category: Business Sector
VA: Amherst store owner reacts to becoming victim of international hacking
Hmmm… one I missed in April, it seems. Justin Ward reports: It’s a practice many of us do daily: use our credit card. Now dozens of people at one Amherst County store are discovering they’re victims of credit card theft. The computer system at Country Corner Market was hacked, compromising the information of 125 customers. …
Former waiter charged with stealing credit card numbers
Ruben Castaneda reports: A former waiter at a TGI Fridays restaurant in Laurel was indicted Thursday on charges he copied and sold the numbers of 73 credit cards, Prince George’s authorities said. Brian K. Adams, 21, of Elkridge, was indicted on 16 charges, including theft, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit theft, State’s Attorney Angela…
Energy Federation Incorporated detects malware, notifies customers
A breach notification by Energy Federation Incorporated to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office indicates that on July 12, they discovered two pieces of malware on their server that had been inserted on July 7 and July 10. The malware “was designed to allow a third part to remotely search and collect” information on the server,…
Eye Safety Systems notifies customers that credit card database may have been hacked and decryption key may have been acquired
Attorneys for Eye Safety Systems have notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that they believe that a compromise of their web site, hosted by an unnamed third party vendor, may have compromised customers’ credit card transaction data. The firm reports that although the database “used a method of encryption,” the hackers may have acquired…
S. Korea plans to scrap online real-name system in wake of massive hack
It appears that a massive data breach affecting 35 million South Koreans who use popular portal and social networking sites Nate and Cyworld has served as a wake-up call for the government: The South Korea government will push ahead with plans to scrap the current real-name system for Internet users in the wake of the…