A finance company has disclosed the email addresses of 294 customers that it says are behind in their repayments to the firm. The company emailed the customers but did not hide the addresses of everyone it contacted. The email makes it clear that the 294 customers are being contacted because they are behind in their…
Category: Business Sector
7-Eleven statement regarding 2007 credit card fraud
7-Eleven, Inc. has learned that federal authorities in New Jersey have indicted individuals for the theft of credit and debit card numbers in a computer hacking scheme targeting multiple retailers in a number of separate incidents over the last several years. The company became aware in late 2007 that a security breach had occurred. The…
Three indicted for hacking Heartland, 7-Eleven, and Hannaford; Over 130 million credit and debit card numbers stolen
An indictment [pdf] was returned today against three individuals who are charged with being responsible for five corporate data breaches, including the single largest reported data breach in U.S. history, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr., along with Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and United States Secret Service…
Hacker used Twitter to control infected PCs
Twitter’s been having a rough couple of weeks. A researcher looking into the attacks that knocked Twitter offline last week discovered another, unrelated security problem. At least one criminal was using a Twitter account to control a network of a couple hundred infected personal computers, mostly in Brazil. Networks of infected PCs are referred to…
Dumped real estate docs in Denver
It’s like throwing away someone’s good name. The Colorado Division of Real Estate removed hundreds of sensitive loan documents left in a dumpster behind a Denver shopping center. A loan officer found them Friday afternoon and called the state– which immediately removed the files. And now it’s launched an investigation as to who violated state…
Dutch news agency goof leaks VIP phone numbers
Security shortcomings by Dutch press agency GPD exposed the private telephone numbers of politicians and other public figures to prying eyes until earlier this week. Former telephone numbers of controversial anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders and an old (now disconnected) mobile, formerly belonging to prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende, were left exposed by the leak. Current…