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…
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Jewel-Osco Warns Customers Of Data Breach
From CBS: Officials at Jewel-Osco were warning customers of a data breach that might have given hackers access to credit card and debit card information, but said there is no evidence the data has been misused. Jewel’s parent company, AB Acquisition, said the unauthorized access of customer data might have started as early as June…
CN: Restaurant staff ‘stole bank card details’
Insider breaches in restaurants is a global problem, but this may be the first report of its kind I can remember seeing from China. Ke Jiayun reports: City restaurant and entertainment venue staff are among 51 people held in connection with a nationwide forged bank card network said to have netted nearly 10 million yuan (US$1.62…
Supervalu investigating potential data breach: WSJ
Ramkumar Iyer reports: U.S. supermarket chain Supervalu Inc is investigating a potential data breach that could have affected more than 1,000 of its stores, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The data breach appears to have taken place in late June or early July and may be…
DE: Local Car Rental Worker Steals Cutsomers’ IDs
From WILM: A rental car employee is accused of stealing customers’ identities. Karlvin Zidor is charged with stealing credit card information while working at Enterprise Rent A Car in Milford. The investigation started with Henrico County Police in Virginia, who determined an identity theft ring was getting information from someone in Delaware. Zidor is charged…
Ca: Laptop stolen from Grimsby yoga studio
Amanda Moore reports: A Grimsby business owner is scrambling after her laptop, cash and cheques were stolen from her studio. Last week, Kimberley Whittemore, owner of Balanced Being Fitness Inc., returned to the studio from a coffee break downstairs at Station One to find the computer missing. The laptop, an older Toshiba model, contained hundreds…