Cara McGoogan reports: Three Mobile has said that 76,373 more customers were affected in the data breach revealed by the Telegraph last year. The figure brings the total number of people whose information was compromised by cyber criminals to 210,200, up 57 per cent on the company’s initial estimates. Read more on The Telegraph.
Category: Business Sector
AU: Hackers steal thousands after Queensland School Photography targeted online
Kristian Silva reports: Hackers have targeted a school photography company, with fraudsters making transactions around the world using the credit card details of Queensland parents. Queensland School Photography began emailing students’ parents on Thursday to warn of the hack, but it was not clear how widespread the security breach is or how much was stolen….
Thousands of Welsh NHS staff’s data stolen in hack
BBC reports: Details of thousands of medical staff in Wales have been stolen from a private contractor’s computer server. Names, dates of birth, radiation doses and National Insurance numbers of staff who work with X-rays were copied as hackers accessed Landauer’s system. The Welsh NHS described the data breach as “deeply disappointing” and it has…
Veridian Credit Union sues Eddie Bauer for failing to prevent data breach
Matt Day reports that another retailer has been sued by financial institutions hoping to recover their costs of a breach. Veridian Credit Union filed suit, seeking class-action status, in Seattle federal court this week. The complaint alleges negligence on the retailer’s part and seeks to compensate financial institutions for costs related to reissuing stolen credit and…
NY: Clients’ Personal Info Exposed Near Shuttered David Barton Gym
Ray Villeda reports: Paperwork containing the personal information of clients at a shuttered David Barton Gym in downtown Manhattan was found strewn across the heavily-trafficked streets in the area Thursday. News 4 cameras exclusively captured photocopies of identification cards, passports and visa information that had apparently been submitted with gym waivers for the luxury fitness…
Home Depot to Pay Banks $25 Million in Data Breach Settlement
Jeff John Roberts reports: Home Depot has taken another step to move on from its colossal 2014 data breach, which involved hackers stealing email or credit card information from more than 50 million customers by infiltrating self check-out terminals. In a new settlement with dozens of banks, the retailer has agreed to pay $25 million for damages they incurred…