Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers have breached the infrastructure of Volusion, a provider of cloud-hosted online stores, and are delivering malicious code that records and steals payment card details entered by users in online forms. More than 6,500 stores are impacted, but the number could be even higher. In a press release published last month, Volusion…
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Dozens of documents remain sealed in Chrysler hacking class action; Magistrate compliance with discovery requests
The Madison-St. Clair Record reports: Chrysler shared its science with plaintiffs in a half secret class action over the vulnerability of its vehicles to hacking, yet it needed a court order to find out where plaintiffs took their vehicles for maintenance. U.S. Magistrate Judge Reona Daly ruled in Chrysler’s favor on Oct. 2, requiring plaintiffs…
Ca: RCMP charge two Montrealers over cyber attack of Bell customer accounts
The Canadian Press reports: The RCMP say charges have been laid against two Quebecers for their alleged involvement in a cyber attack of Bell Canada customer accounts. Nana Koranteng and Jesiah Russell-Francis of Montreal are to appear on charges including unauthorized use of a computer, fraud over $5000, conspiracy to commit fraud, laundering proceeds of…
Taconic Biosciences settles lawsuit stemming from 2017 W-2 phishing breach (updated)
One of the victim companies of a W-2 phishing attack that this site reported in 2017 was a New York firm called Taconic Biocences. A copy of their notification to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office is still available online, here. Recently, News10 in New York reported that there has been a $2.7 million settlement in…
Credit Info Exposed in TransUnion Canada Data Security Incident
Lawrence Abrams reports: An unauthorized person was able to gain access to a TransUnion Canada web portal and use it to pull consumer credit files. This was done by using credentials stolen from a TransUnion customer who had access to the portal. BleepingComputer has learned that starting last week TransUnion Canada began sending out data security…
Hibiscus Petroleum suffers cyber attack
Mark Lammey reports: Hibiscus Petroleum said today that its IT system was “subjected to an attack” last week. The Malaysian firm said the affected parts of the system were isolated and partially shut down. Hibiscus said the system was gradually being restored and that production operations had not been impacted. Read more on Energy Voice. …