Back in January 2012, Zappos, which is owned by Amazon, disclosed that it had been hacked and that they were notifying more than 24 million customers. Less than one week later, the first lawsuit had been filed. Shortly thereafter, state attorneys general opened their own investigation into the breach. In January 2015, Zappos settled with the…
Category: Business Sector
FL: Hundreds of files with personal information left in Lee County dumpster
Adam Wright reports that more than a dozen boxes of files containing Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and credit card information were found in a dumpster behind a warehouse in Lee County. Schaefer says the files in the boxes belong to the company Coral Palm Auto Sales in Fort Myers. The business in question…
5 Biggest Hosting Companies hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Swati Khandelwal reports: Once again, Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has gain media attention by compromising a number of popular web hosting brands of one of the leading web-hosting companies Endurance International Group INC that manages over 60 different hosting brands. SEA, a pro-hacker group supposed to be aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is famous for hacking…
Let’s send an unencrypted thumb drive via mail. What can possibly go wrong, right?
No, Human Resource Advantage. You do not get to put an unencrypted thumb drive with employee records in the regular mail to TrustHCS and then claim you take the security of personal information in your control “very seriously.” From your own investigation, that drive contained names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, bank account information, postal…
NY: Colonial Car Wash credit breaches investigated
Keshia Clukey reports: Rotterdam police Sunday warned the public about several debit and credit card breaches that occurred at the Colonial Car Wash starting in early March. Police were contacted by managers from M&T Bank, First Niagara and Price Chopper Federal Credit Union that there were several victims who had fraudulent activity on their accounts after using their cards at…
UK: ICO to make enquiries about sale of pension data
From the ICO: Allegations have been made about firms passing on sensitive financial data, including pension information, which is being used by cold calling companies. An ICO spokesperson said: “We’re aware of allegations raised against several companies involved in the cold calling sector, and will be making enquiries to establish whether there have been any…