Jackie Dunham reports: The parents of a 22-year-old Ancaster, Ont. man charged in connection with a massive cybersecurity breach at Yahoo are speaking out in defence of their son. Akhmet and Dinara Tokbergenov say that their son, Karim Baratov, wasn’t a hacker. Instead, they say, he created websites in a “legitimate business” that paid for…
Category: Business Sector
Expedia Sued by Affiliate for Allegedly Stealing Data and Handing It to a Competitor
Dennis Schaal reports: An Expedia affiliate partner, Reservation Counter, has filed a lawsuit against Expedia Inc. alleging that the company stole Reservation Counter’s confidential search engine marketing data and provided it to a direct competitor, leading to the near-demise of Reservation Counter’s business. The lawsuit also alleges that Expedia covered up the breach rather than…
McDonald’s Canada says 95,000 affected in careers website hack
The Canadian Press reports: McDonald’s Canada says the jobs section of its website has been hacked, compromising the personal information of about 95,000 applicants over the last three years. The company said Friday the accessed information included names, addresses, phone numbers, employment histories and other standard job application information of those who applied online between…
Lucchese Computer Hacker Pleads Guilty
Andra Litton reports: A disgruntled ex-employee of Lucchese Boots plead guilty to one count of transmission of a program to cause damage to a computer in federal court after he hacked into the Lucchese computer network after he’d been fired and managed to shut down the company’s e-mail server and application server in the September….
ShowTix4U Security Breach Notification
ACCOUNT SECURITY NOTICE ShowTix4U recently became aware of a potential security incident possibly affecting the personal information of certain individuals who made a payment card purchase on the ShowTix4U.com website. We are providing this notice as a precaution to inform potentially affected individuals about the incident and to call your attention to some steps you…
American Express, Mastercard fine Rosen Hotel in data breach, lawsuit says
Paul Brinkmann reports: An insurance company for Rosen Hotels & Resorts has filed a lawsuit claiming Rosen is not covered for more than $2.4 million in damages related to a data breach announced last year. And the costs could be more than that, if Rosen faces legal claims from customers, according to the lawsuit. […]…