EASTHAMPTON — Local bankers said this week that data breaches at some retailers in Easthampton and Southampton, including Big E’s Supermarket, appear to be over, thanks partly to businesses’ efforts to upgrade security. […] During the height of the fraudulent activity, bankers and law enforcement officials refused to release the names of the businesses affected…
Category: Business Sector
FL: Customers worry credit card information was stolen at Fort Myers restaurant
Katie Jones reports: Some customers at Mona Lisa Italian Restaurant in Fort Myers are worried their credit card information was compromised after swiping at the popular Southwest Florida restaurant. “We go all the time and never had a problem they know us, we know them, so it was just a very odd thing to happen,”…
TN: Store owner accused of identity theft
Andy Humbles reports: The owner of Woodland Furniture stores in White House and Portland is charged with falsifying credit card applications of past customers to receive payment for bogus sales. Brian Lewis, 40, of Portland, has been charged with 13 counts of identity theft, eight counts of forgery and one count of theft over $10,000,…
MA: Apologetic New Bedford hacker gets 4-year jail sentence
Milton J. Valencia reports that recidivist hacker Cameron Lacroix (aka “cam0,” “Freak,” and “leetjones”) was sentenced to four years in prison for a variety of hacking crimes that included accessing the computer accounts of three professors at Bristol Community College in New Bedford and changing grades for himself and two friends hacking into a local police chief’s…
OH: More than a dozen bank accounts hacked at Willard Parking Garage
Cassandra Nist reports: Those who parked in the Willard Parking Garage on Friday, Oct. 24th and paid with a credit or debit card may have had their bank accounts breached. Sources tipped off NewsChannel5 that federal workers inside the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building received a memo from management Monday morning. Bank accounts were reportedly…
KR: Three former Kia Motors employees indicted for trade secrets breach
Another insider breach for competitive advantage. This one doesn’t seem to involve customer data. Yonhap News reports: Three former employees of Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, have been indicted on charges of leaking confidential information to a Chinese competitor, Seoul prosecutors said Friday. The suspects, including a former member of the board…