Shaun Prescott reports: A League of Legends exploit allowing browser access to the game’s store as a means to hacking other player accounts, is being addressed by Riot. According to witness reports on Reddit, the exploit allows users to access the League of Legends store from a web browser rather than the game client. With access to a user’s Summoner ID and…
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HipChat Security Notice and Password Reset
Craig Davies posted this on HipChat‘s blog two days ago: Atlassian’s security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the HipChat service that resulted in unauthorized access to names, usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords for a very small percentage (<2%) of our users. We have no evidence that any payment information was accessed. While HipChat passwords…
CA: Fraud risk for clients of Highland tax business after documents stolen
Greg Cappis reports: A “large number” of documents were stolen Sunday from a business specializing in tax returns, potentially putting customers’ identities and finances at risk, according to the Sheriff’s Department. About 11:56 a.m. a burglar or burglars disabled the alarm at Liberty Tax Service, 27214 Base Line, and forced their way in, the Sheriff’s…
Target Hackers Hit Third Parking Service
Brian Krebs reports: Book2Park.com, an online parking reservation service for airports across the United States, appears to be the latest victim of the hacker gang that stole more than a 100 million credit and debit cards from Target and Home Depot. Book2park.com is the third online parking service since December 2014 to fall victim to this cybercriminal group….
TX: Home Depot IT employee stole 36,000 customers’ credit card numbers
KXAN reports: A Round Rock man is going to federal prison for stealing credit card information from customers at Home Depot. Prosecutors say Daniel Marquardt worked in the IT department for The Home Depot in Austin. Investigators say he stole credit card info from more than 36,000 customers, then tried to sell it online. Marquardt…
Florida Man Sentenced In Identity Theft Scheme Using Inmate and Lexis Customer Information
A St. Lucie County resident was sentenced to 70 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Patrick J. Ward previously pled guilty to one count of possessing fifteen or more access devices and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, during a search warrant of Ward’s residence, law enforcement recovered…