Sheplers, the leading multi-channel western-wear retailer, today issued the following statement: Sheplers has determined that our payment systems suffered a security breach in which hackers gained access to our systems and some of our customers’ payment card information was exposed. With the assistance of a leading computer security firm, we are continuing our investigation into…
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CA: Indio man arrested in credit card theft case
An Indio, California man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of misusing customers’ credit card numbers for fraudulent purposes. Vladimir Pustilnikov, 38, claimed to own B&E Appliance Heating and Air Conditioning, but law enforcement said, “The license number he advertised on his service contracts and business cards does not belong to him.” Law enforcement suspects that…
Home Depot update puts number of unique card numbers possibly compromised at 56,000,000
Home Depot has issued an update on the breach disclosed earlier this month. The company reports that it has completed “a major payment security project that provides enhanced encryption of payment data at point of sale in the company’s U.S. stores, offering significant new protection for customers. Roll-out of enhanced encryption to Canadian stores will be complete…
Home Depot Nailed With 1st Bank Suit Over Data Breach
David McAfee reports: The Home Depot Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court Tuesday, in which First Choice Federal Credit Union claims it suffered losses as a result of the home improvement store’s recent data breach — marking the first such suit brought by a financial institution. Read more on…
Experts Condemn eBay After XSS Attack Puts Users At Risk
Tom Jowitt reports: The attack on eBay was a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack, in which users were redirected to a spoof website designed to steal their credentials. It is not known at this stage, how many users have been affected, said the BBC. “It would be nice to think that eBay, one of the world’s most popular…
Hacker Team Infiltrates U.S. Airlines Computer Mainframe
Rachel Donald reports: According to information from an U.S. Senate Panel, the U.S. Airlines [sic] computer system was recently infiltrated by hackers in association with the Chinese government. The same hackers also entered the computer systems of other companies, especially tech companies or contractors with involvement in U.S. troops or military equipment management. The news…