Joseph Bernstein reports: With its $4.4 billion purchase yesterday of AOL, the telecom giant Verizon gained millions of new home internet customers. But a glaring security flaw suggests they may have put millions of their existing internet customers at risk. BuzzFeed News has learned of a vulnerability in Verizon’s service that could have allowed anyone to view…
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Report: Chinese Breach of USIS Started with SAP
InfoSecurity reports: Last fall, it came to light that Chinese hackers had roamed around unnoticed for months inside the network of USIS, the biggest commercial provider of background investigations to the federal US government. In fact, two of the company’s biggest customers are the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)….
Sally Provides Update on Payment Card Investigation (UPDATED)
Sally Beauty is updating its customers today on its ongoing investigation of unusual payment card activity and on efforts to provide support to any customers who may have been affected by the incident. “We believe it is in the best interests of our customers to alert them that we now have sufficient evidence to confirm that…
NJ: Personal tax records found in Edison trash
Another case where records in a storage unit wind up in the wild when the owner falls behind on storage rent. News12 New Jersey reports: Hundreds of old tax documents with personal information on them were found left out in the trash Tuesday in Edison. The boxes, about 12 in all, were from Tax DRX,…
Longwood Management notifies employees of stolen laptop
Now this is refreshingly transparent: A password-protected laptop was stolen from a Longwood Management employee’s vehicle on February 11, 2015 (no, that’s not the refreshing part, obviously). Investigation revealed that encryption was deployed on the laptop, but “the encryption may not have been sufficient to prevent access by someone with the knowledge or skills to…
Ca: Kiewit laptop theft puts Bull Arm workers’ personal information at risk
CBC News reports: Construction company Kiewit is warning some employees at the Bull Arm work site to keep an eye on their credit after sensitive information was recently stolen from an employee. According to the company, personal information was on a laptop computer that was stolen from someone working in Kiewit’s payroll department on April 15. […] According…