After The Register made it clear yesterday that Travelodge had a problem somewhere with the security of it email lists, the company responded in this letter to customers: Thursday 23rd June 2011 (3.00pm) Dear Customer, Our main priority is to ensure the security of our customers’ data, which is why I wanted to make you…
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Spitler pleads guilty to his part in hacking 120,000 iPad accounts
Jerry DeMarco reports: A computer hacker who helped write the malicious code behind a breach of AT&T’s computer servers admitted today that he conspired with another Internet “troll” to hack into the servers, steal information from “the most exclusive list of [iPad subscribers] on the planet,” and then boast about it online. In pleading guilty…
Travelodge hacked, investigating
John Oates reports: Travelodge is investigating its IT systems to discover how customer email addresses have gone astray. The Reg was contacted this morning by a reader who was receiving spam emails to a unique email address he had only given to Travelodge. Several other customers have blogged of similar experiences, here’s Shepy’s post on the apparent…
Hackers break into computer system at Conor O’Neills Irish pub in Ann Arbor, steal credit card info
Ann Arbor police say hackers broke into the computer system of a popular Irish restaurant, stealing numerous credit card and debit card numbers to make purchases. The case came to light after the credit and debit cards were fraudulently used in the state of Texas between April 22 and June 10, police said. Local banks…
Canada official: Staples resold hard drives with customer data
Galen Moore reports: …. According to Canada’s privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, the breaches affected laptop computers and flash drives, and compromised sensitive information including Social Insurance Numbers, and health card and passport numbers; academic transcripts; banking information and tax records. An audit conducted by Stoddard’s office examined 149 data storage devices marked for resale, and…
Debit Breach Hits Ohio Accounts
Jeffrey Roman reports: June 21 Update: The recent breaches that affected dozens of Northeast Ohio banks and credit unions were most likely caused by the interception of CVV2 card security codes, says Mike Urban, senior director of fraud product management at FICO. “It’s not a skimming situation,” Urban says of the breaches which started in…