Mallory Cooke reports from Arkansas: Fort Smith banks rush to get customers new debit cards after personal bank account information is stolen. “It wouldn’t work,” said Stacy Gustafson, “It said I’d exceeded the number of transactions.” Gustafson tried to get cash at an Arvest Bank ATM Monday, but could not. She said, “They told me…
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Dk: Statoil Fuel & Retail closes three customer portals as result of data breach (update)
On Tuesday 28 June, Statoil Fuel & Retail closed down its customer portals in Norway, Sweden and Denmark after becoming aware that their information may have been compromised as a result of a data breach. The company has also notified the Data Protection Agency of the situation. “There are indications that client data may have…
DropBox CEO: Lone hacker downloaded data from ‘fewer than a hundred’ accounts
Jason D. O’Grady reports that some accounts were accessed during a recent DropBox security snafu: Earlier this week, we wrote to tell you about a security lapse at Dropbox. Today I am writing to tell you something I never expected to tell a customer. During our forensic analysis, we discovered that an extremely small number…
DefenseNews hacked
Gregg Keizer reports: Email addresses and names of subscribers to DefenseNews, a highly-regarded website that covers national and international military and defense news, were accessed by hackers and presumed stolen, Gannett announced yesterday. DefenseNews ‘ subscribers include active and retired military personnel, defense contractors and others in both the U.S. and other countries’ defense establishments….
Groupon leaks entire Indian user database
Patrick Gray writes: The entire user database of Groupon’s Indian subsidiary Sosasta.com was accidentally published to the Internet and indexed by Google. The database includes the e-mail addresses and clear-text passwords of the site’s 300,000 users. It was discovered by Australian security consultant Daniel Grzelak as he searched for publicly accessible databases containing e-mail address…
Seattle man sentenced to 5 yrs in bank fraud/id theft case
This is a follow-up on a previously reported breach: DIAMOND WENDELL ALEXANDER, JR., 30, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced June 17, 2011, to five years in prison, five years of supervised release, and more than $220,000 in restitution for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. ALEXANDER was the leader of a bank fraud ring…