In the aftermath of a security breach, Principal Life Insurance strengthened its authentication procedures. On May 14, the Chief Privacy Officer of Principal Financial Group notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that While investigating a few incidents of fraudulent on-line activity, we discovered similar on-line access to other accounts using the same Internet address…
Category: Business Sector
Reports of San Antonio restaurant hacks may be overblown
When Aldaco’s Stone Oak on Sonterra Blvd. in San Antonio revealed that it had been hacked by someone believed to be overseas, owner Blanca Aldaco stated that they used the most current versions of the Aloha POS by Radiant Systems. Rumors started swirling shortly thereafter that a number of restaurants in the tight-knit restaurant community…
District food servers charged in theft of patrons’ credit card numbers
Josh White reports: Three servers at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue in the District allegedly stole credit card numbers from patrons as part of a scheme that racked up more than $117,000 in fraudulent charges between 2008 and last year, authorities say. Investigators with the U.S. Secret Service allege the servers were working…
OR: Sales files of PDX boat firm left in Dumpster
A tip to KGW led to the discovery of a Dumpster full of personal financial information of past customers of Staff Jennings boats in Southwest Portland. Some files went back 20 years, including a boat purchased by David Moravik, who called the carelessness “unprofessional.” Better Business Bureau spokeswoman Kyle Kavas said it’s the law for…
Aldaco’s issues credit card breach alert
Aldaco’s has posted a notice on its web site, as noticed and first reported by MySanAntonio.com: Dear Customers, Our business has been another senseless victim of breach of data. Authorities have investigated and have clearly determined that the breach was not the result of any wrong doings by an in-house employee or management. We have…
Hacker steals 22,000 email address, demands Astley tune
Loek Essers reports: Dutch hacker Darkc0ke hijacked a radio station database containing 22,000 email addresses and threatened to publish them unless the station play Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up,” a variation of an internet meme known as “rickrolling.” Last weekend Darkc0ke mailed DJs from the Dutch nationwide radio station 3FM and issued his…