The Peterborough Telegraph reports: Lawyers acting on behalf of several thousand Morrisons’ employees, including more than 100 from Peterborough, say they will “vigorously contest” the retailer’s assertion that it wasn’t to blame for a data leak which led to their personal details being posted on the internet. Bank, salary and National Insurance details of almost…
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Wal-Mart says some pharmacy client data was visible to others online (updated)
Nathan Layne reports: Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Wednesday that prescription history and other basic information on a few thousand online U.S. pharmacy customers may have been visible to other users during a four-day stretch last month due to a coding mistake. “We had a software coding error for a 72-hour period from February 15…
Cox investigates possible data breach
When your employees’ data are up for sale on the dark web, that’s a pretty good indicator you’ve had a breach – if the data are valid. Joseph Cox reports: Apparent names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other information relating to some 40,000 Cox Communications employees is currently advertised on a marketplace specialising in stolen…
Operation Wrath takes aim at Russia (updated)
Seen on haveibeenpwned.com: 1,476,783 accounts dumped: In February 2016, the Russian portal and email service KM.RU was the target of an attack which was consequently detailed on Reddit. Allegedly protesting “the foreign policy of Russia in regards to Ukraine”, KM.RU was one of several Russian sites in the breach and impacted almost 1.5M accounts including sensitive personal information….
Bailey’s notifies 15,000 online customers of payment card breach
It’s not enough I come across a payment card breach notification with a lot of detail, so I was surprised to read a notification of an e-commerce breach from Bailey’s to the Oregon Attorney General’s Office that provided so much information. Look at the first few paragraphs of the timber harvest gear firm’s notification. It includes the date…
Central Concrete Supply notifies employees of breach involving W-2’s
Another business discloses a breach that sounds like it might have been another business email compromise (impersonation) scam: We are writing to tell you about a data security incident that may have exposed some of your personal information as an employee of Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc., Right Away Redy Mix, Inc., or Rock Transport, Inc….