Chris Bowen reports: Cowboys Casino is investigating a possible data breach after its computer system was the target of a cyber-attack. The establishment says its IT experts took immediate actions and they are confident they have secured the system. It’s believed some client, employee and corporate information including names, contact information, and other personal data…
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Major insurer does not have to cover restaurant chain’s data breach
Lyle Adriano reports that some of P.F. Chang’s breach-related costs are not covered by its insurance: A federal court ruled that Chubb Ltd. does not have to reimburse P.F. Chang’s for costs the restaurant chain charged by its credit card processor under its cyber policy. […] The Federal Court ultimately concluded that on several counts…
The huge Dropbox password leak that wasn’t
Graham Cluley reports: …as Brian Krebs reports, recent claims from identity theft protection firms that Dropbox has suffered a massive password breach appear to be erroneous. Troy Hunt – who knows a thing or two about verifying and responsibly disclosing data breaches – also chimed in, decrying that some had jumped to the conclusion that a serious…
Redskins notes: Laptop with medical data stolen from trainer
Michael Phillips reports: The Redskins announced Wednesday that a laptop was stolen from a team trainer that may have contained medical information about current and former NFL players. The NFL Players Association sent an e-mail to its members saying it had been advised the laptop “had copies of the medical exam results for NFL Combine…
Scrum.org hacked, may have lost crypto keys and some user data
Simon Sharwood reports: Scrum.org, the Scrum certification and training site run by Scrum co-creator Ken Schwaber, appears to have contacted users to warn them of a nasty security breach. Reg reader “KB” has sent us an email sent to Scrum.org members and customers that says “On May 26, 2016, we noticed an issue with the Scrum.org…
TeamViewer denies hack after PCs hijacked, PayPal accounts drained
Shaun Nichols reports: TeamViewer users say their computers were hijacked and bank accounts emptied after the software company’s systems mysteriously fell offline. TeamViewer denies it has been hacked. In the past 24 hours, we’ve seen a spike in complaints from people who say their PCs and servers were taken over via the widely used remote-control…