MEETME STATUTORY NOTICE NEW HOPE, Pa., August 15, 2014 — MeetMe, Inc. today announced that it has recently discovered a security breach within its network that compromised certain information in at least some MeetMe user accounts. Specifically, between August 5 and 7 of this year, MeetMe believes that hackers gained access to some user names, email addresses, and encrypted…
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Restaurant Mizado Cocina says customer credit card data breached by hacker
Katherine Sayer reports: New Orleans restaurant Mizado Cocina says customers’ credit and debit card information could have been stolen by a hacker who breached the restaurant’s point of sale system between May 9 and July 18. The business discovered that a hacker installed a previously unidentified malware called Backoff, which targets point of sale systems, on…
FTC Slams Wyndham Bid For Docs On Data Breach Interviews
Law360 reports: The Federal Trade Commission told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday that Wyndham Worldwide Corp. can’t demand the FTC’s work product, saying the agency sent Wyndham all the information it could about its interviews of consumers allegedly harmed by data breaches that cost over $10.6 million. Read more on Law360 (subscription required)….
Wyndham Says FTC Must Detail Consumer Harm In Data Suit
Kira Lerner reports: Wyndham Worldwide Corp. told a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission must prove that the cyberattacks against the hotel chain, which the agency alleges led to more than $10.6 million in losses, caused “substantial injury to consumers which is not reasonably avoidable by consumers themselves.” Read more…
Prosecutors: Accused Russian hacker jailed here had 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers when arrested
SEATTLE — A federal magistrate, citing a possible flight risk, on Friday ordered accused Russian hacker Roman Seleznev held without bail pending his October trial on charges. […] During the hearing, prosecutors revealed that a laptop computer seized from Seleznev at the time of his arrest contains 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers. Seleznev, also…
TX: C3 Presents warns of data breach
Gary Dinges reports: Austin-based C3 Presents, the company behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Lollapalooza and concerts at dozens of Austin-area music venues, confirmed Friday that it is the victim of what executives are calling a “small security breach.” The breach, which occurred after an internal server was stolen in June, does not impact…