Fox13 reports: Another data breach has been reported, this time at a popular restaurant chain across Florida. The Beef O’ Brady’s electronic payment network has been hacked. Authorities made the discovery after several customers complained of unauthorized transactions showing up on their bank statements. Read more on Fox13.
Category: Business Sector
In Wake of Confirmed Breach at Home Depot, Banks See Spike in PIN Debit Card Fraud
Brian Krebs reports: Nearly a week after this blog first reported signs that Home Depot was battling a major security incident, the company has acknowledged that it suffered a credit and debit card breach involving its U.S. and Canadian stores dating back to April 2014. Home Depot was quick to assure customers and banks that no debit card PIN data was…
Yandy notifies online customers of breach
If you purchased lingerie or other items from Phoenix-based Yandy.com, you may be getting a breach notification. Yandy reports that they became aware of the breach on August 18, and it involved customers’ names, postal and email addresses, card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV codes. Although the notification letter, signed only by “The Yandy Team,” does…
Home Depot Confirms Data Breach
From their web site today: Last Tuesday, September 2, we disclosed that we were investigating a possible breach of our payment data systems. We want you to know that we have now confirmed that those systems have in fact been breached, which could potentially impact any customer that has used their payment card at our…
Home Depot Hit By Same Malware as Target
Brian Krebs reports: The apparent credit and debit card breach uncovered last week at Home Depot was aided in part by a new variant of the same malicious software program that stole card account data from cash registers at Target last December, according to sources close to the investigation. […] A source close to the…
Target, arguing it’s not liable, files for dismissal of data breach suit
Tom Webb reports: Target is asking a federal judge in St. Paul to dismiss a multibillion-dollar complaint filed by groups of banks stemming from last year’s massive data breach. The banks claim Target was negligent in its handling of shoppers’ credit and debit card information, which allowed hackers to steal sensitive information about some 100…