Amber Downing reports: A local couple is suing a cell phone repair company after an employee allegedly posted dozens of pornographic images of them on social media. Dane Jaskinia said he sent his Samsung phone in for repairs in April 2015 after the charge port broke. Sprint sent the phone to Repair Services Inc. in Plano. A…
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AZ: More claims of credit card fraud revealed after victims eat at Glendale restaurant
Navideh Forghani reports that there is a growing number of customers reporting fraudulent use of their payment card data after eating at McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon. The fraudulent charges began weeks ago, and the problem may have occurred around Christmas week. Unlike other cases I’ve reported on this blog, there seem to be some huge withdrawals or fraudulent…
Russian hacker w0rm claims to have hacked Citrix (updated)
Tom Reeve reports: Citrix, a US software company specialising in virtualisation and cloud computing, has reportedly been compromised by a Russian hacker called w0rm. w0rm is infamous for several attacks over the past five years on a number of high profile targets including the BBC, CNET, Adobe and Bank of America. The identity of the…
IN: McDonald’s employee arrested for allegedly skimming customers’ credit card info
WLFI reports: A West Lafayette McDonald’s employee has been arrested after detectives believe she used a skimming device to steal credit card information from customers at the drive-thru window. It happened at the West Lafayette McDonald’s on Sagamore Parkway, near Salisbury Street. Read more on WLFI.
TaxAct Acknowledges Data Breach
Jeff Goldman reports: The tax preparation solutions provider TaxAct recently began notifying an undisclosed number of customers that their personal information may have been inappropriately accessed. “We have concluded that an unauthorized third party accessed your TaxAct account between November 10 and December 4, 2015,” the company stated in a letter [PDF] sent on January 11, 2016 to those…
Data breach class action dismissed against SuperValu for lack of standing
Another lawsuit over a data breach has been dismissed for lack of standing. This time it’s SuperValu, who was sued for two breaches in 2014. Kathryn Rattigan writes: Last week, a Minnesota court ruled that a consolidated class action filed against SuperValu retail chain failed to assert any harm, finding that while SuperValu did suffer…