Lawyers for Connecticut-based HEI Hospitality (HEI Hotels & Resorts) have informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that HEI discovered that a “vulnerability in an information system at certain of its hotel properties may have been exploited, and credit card information related to certain transactions occurring between March 25 and April 17, 2010 may have…
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UK hacker fined for personnel database mischief
John Leyden reports: A court has ordered a UK hacker to pay compensation after he used a purloined laptop to hack into his ex-employer’s personnel database. Colin Parker, 31, gained unauthorised access to staff contracts containing salary details and emailed this to around 400 workers at his ex-employer, CHI and Partners. Parker’s attempt to create…
Ex-Goldman Programmer Gets One Count Tossed in Case Over Software Theft
Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris report: Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov, accused of stealing trading software from the bank, won dismissal of a count of unauthorized computer access, one of three charges he faces….. [U.S. District Judge Denise] Cote said that because Aleynikov was authorized to work on Goldman’s software…
Delaware retiree sues Aon, citing “irreparable harm” (UPDATE)
From Courthouse News: Aon Consulting disclosed online the names and Social Security numbers of 22,000 state retirees, a class action claims in New Castle County Court. The class claims Aon did not bother to scrub personal information before posting online a request for proposals from insurers. “Gail Slaughter’s identity is likely for sale on the…
Stolen and sold: Private details of thousands of World Cup fans
Jason Lewis reports on the FIFA breach that was mentioned on this site last month (here). The personal details of thousands of football fans who bought World Cup tickets from official FIFA outlets have been stolen and sold for up to £500,000. […] The data breach first emerged in Scandinavia where the details of 50,000…
Malware used in Jason’s Deli showing up elsewhere
As a small follow-up to the Jason’s Deli breach in Tennessee, Jody Callahan of The Commercial Appeal reported that up to 300 customers were affected by the breach. The malware, which had been described as a never seen before variant of an older virus has also now reportedly shown up in Seattle and San Francisco.