Jack Bouboushian reports: Kmart’s failure to protect customer information with “elementary” security measures left banks liable for the resulting fraud, a federal class action claims. First NBC Bank filed the class action Tuesday against Kmart Corp. and parent company Sears Holding Corp, regarding an announcement that hackers had breached Kmart’s payment-data systems in early September….
Category: Business Sector
The Evidence That North Korea Hacked Sony Is Flimsy (updated)
Kim Zetter reports: Today Sony canceled the premier of “The Interview” and its entire Christmas-Day release of the movie because of fears that terrorists might attack the theater showing the film. The actions show just how much power the attackers behind the Sony hack have amassed in a short time. But who exactly are the…
Ars was briefly hacked – change your passwords and carry on
Ars Staff report: At 20:00 CT on December 14, an Internet intruder gained access to one of the Ars Web servers and spent the next hour attempting to get from the Web server to a more central machine. At 20:52, the attempt was successful thanks to information gleaned from a poorly located backup file. The next…
AU: Steven Willmott’s Woolworths lawsuit over identity theft
In light of all the data breaches, I’m surprised we haven’t seen more protests/appeals like this one in Australia. Kim Stephens reports: When Steven Willmott applied for a job as a console operator at a Woolworths service station in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland town of Beerwah in December, 2013, he objected to the online application…
Banks: Park-n-Fly Online Card Breach
Brian Krebs reports: Multiple financial institutions say they are seeing a pattern of fraud that indicates an online credit card breach has hit Park-n-Fly, an Atlanta-based offsite airport parking service that allows customers to reserve spots in advance of travel via an Internet-based reservation system. The security incident, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string…
Guardians of Peace issue first “Christmas Gift” and a warning
DataBreaches.net received links to the GOP’s newest paste and message. In a somewhat chilling message, they write: Notice We have already promised a Christmas gift to you. This is the beginning of the gift. Warning We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places “The Interview” be shown, including the premiere,…