The breach at payroll processor BenefitMall (formerly Compupay) that affected Kenerson Associates also affected the Tribeca Film Institute, according to this notification to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office and to affected employees. If anyone sees other notifications from other affected clients, please let me know and I’ll add them here.
Category: Business Sector
EA Games website hacked to steal Apple IDs
Netcraft reports: An EA Games server has been compromised by hackers and is now hosting a phishing site which targets Apple ID account holders. The compromised server is used by two websites in the ea.com domain, and is ordinarily used to host a calendar based onWebCalendar 1.2.0. This version was released in September 2008 and contains several security vulnerabilities…
What might the FTC do about the Target breach?
Brendan Sasso reports: Target could face federal charges for failing to protect its customers’ data from hackers. The retailer has been in contact with the Federal Trade Commission, Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman, told National Journal. It’s unclear whether the FTC has issued any subpoenas or other formal demands for information. The FTC declined to comment…
Breaking up is hard to do, Tuesday edition
Arcadia Home Care & Staffing (Arcadia Health Services, Inc.) is notifying employees that their personnel information, including Social Security numbers and bank account information, is in the hands of a former affiliate who has started a new company that competes with theirs. According to the letter sent to employees, Charles E. Symes, II had previously obtained…
Sites selling stolen credit card numbers hacked
Paul Ziobro reports: Not even hackers are immune to hacking. Websites that were used to sell credit card data stolen in the massive holiday data breach at Target Corp. were themselves shut down by unknown culprits Monday. “Hi subhumans and miscreants, your fraud site is gone now. Go away,” reads the first line of a message posted on rescator.so and rescator.cm,…
LifeLock under investigation by the FTC
Well, LifeLock said they come under investigation by the FTC, and it seems they are. SeekingAlpha points us to LifeLock’s most recent 8-K, which says, in part: On March 13, 2014, LifeLock received, as expected, a request from the FTC for documents and information related to LifeLock’s compliance with the FTC Stipulated Final Judgment and…