Jamie Schram and Bob Fredericks report: A crew of Saks Fifth Avenue employees was busted after they charged at least $400,000 worth of luxury shoes, handbags and other items using customers’ stolen credit card numbers, authorities said Wednesday. Six workers at the Midtown fashion Mecca swiped credit card data from 22 customers in a spending…
Category: Business Sector
Ernst & Young accused by Canadian of massive data breach
Ellen Messmer reports: A used computer dealer in Canada claims he discovered a trove of Ernst & Young customer business data on Dell servers bought back in 2006 — and he wants the global consultancy to pay him to return the data. But is the breach for real or just a hoax? Mark Morris, who…
Home Depot Malware Hints at Different Hackers Than Target’s
Dune Lawrence and Michael Riley report: Home Depot was hacked with a malicious software program that plunders store registers while disguising itself as antivirus software, according to two security researchers. The credit card-stealing program used in the attack on the Atlanta-based retailer is being dubbed FrameworkPOS, and differs significantly from the software used last year to…
Yandy breach impacted over 44,000 online customers
Quick update: The Yandy breach, disclosed previously on this blog, may have affected 44,724 customers, according to a letter from their attorneys to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.
EA Firemonkeys Forum Hacked Last Year, Member Information Stolen – Report
What was temporary maintenance for the forum of EA Firemonkeys, an Australian studio, which resulted in it being taken down actually turned out to be a hacking incident where members’ information was stolen. This is according to a recent Reddit post which alleged that “information of over 40,000 members (including names, and email addresses) downloaded and stolen”…
Tens of thousands of San Diego hotel guests may have had card information compromised
Back on September 2, I reported a breach involving 5 San Diego hotels owned by Bartell Hotels. In the past few days, mainstream media seems to have caught up with the story. Of note, the Times of San Diego reports that the breach may affect as many as 55,000 guests’ names and card information.