As submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office, this notice from Sterling M Enterprises (dba Lee’s Deli): We recently learned that unauthorized individuals installed malicious software on computer systems used to process credit card transactions at our Lee’s Deli locations at 75 Battery Street in San Francisco, CA and 4200 Bohannon Drive in Menlo Park,…
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Ca: Privacy breach class-action suit filed against Kiewit
There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted on this site. The Telegram reports: St. John’s lawyer Bob Buckingham has filed a class-action lawsuit against Kiewit Energy for a privacy breach which happened earlier this year. According to the statement of claim and an accompanying news release, a laptop containing personal payroll information for Kiewit…
Update: SterlingBackcheck breach impacted 100,000
On August 4, this site reported a stolen laptop containing background checks. The laptop belonged to SterlingBackcheck, and was stolen from an employee’s car. More details on the numbers are starting to emerge. Today, we learned that the firm updated its report to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s to indicate that 734 New Hampshire residents…
Marketwired, PR Newswire, Business Wire hacked in $US100m trading scam
AFP reports: An international team of computer hackers and stock traders was charged with pocketing more than $US100 million ($A138 million) in illicit profits based on stolen market-moving financial information, US officials announced Tuesday. The Department of Justice charged nine people in a criminal conspiracy with making more than $US30 million ($A41.43 million) in illegal…
Data Security Firm Hit With Suit Over Cyberattack
Marisa Kendall reports on another investor’s lawsuit: A Silicon Valley company that touted the security of its mobile platform is facing a shareholder class action related to a 2014 data breach. MobileIron Inc. sells software intended to help companies securely manage their employees’ mobile devices. A suit filed last week in Santa Clara County Superior…
Carphone Warehouse hackers ‘used traffic bombardment smokescreen’
Christopher Williams reports: Hackers bombarded Carphone Warehouse with online traffic as a smokescreen while they stole the personal and banking details of 2.4 million people, according to sources with knowledge of the incident. The retailer revealed at the weekend that its security had been breached in a “sophisticated” attack. It is now thought that criminals used a…