Tu Thanh Ha reports: A new strain of computer malware infecting payment card terminals in restaurant and gas station has compromised nearly 700 credit cards in Canada, a computer security firm says. The viral code, JackPOS, infects point-of-sales terminals, a security breach similar to other highly publicized recent cases that struck victims such as the…
Category: Business Sector
Freeman Company notifying employees after W-2 mail mix-up
Yes, it’s that time of the year again, and this week’s tax records mailing error report concerns Freeman Company in Texas. Freeman uses ADP to prepare their W-2’s, and ADP, in turn, contracts with a mailing firm. In this case, the unnamed mailing vendor had a glitch with their technology that resulted in incorrect barcodes…
South San Francisco Embassy Suites Hotel notifying guests of card breach (update2)
If you stayed at the San Francisco Airport- South San Francisco Embassy Suites Hotel in 2013, check your mail for a breach notification letter. It seems the hotel recently discovered that two computers at their front desk were compromised by skimmers during 2013 and guests’ names, card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV2 codes were captured….
PChome apologizes over privacy breach
CNA reports: Web portal PChome Online Inc. apologized Monday for an unintentional release of its members’ private photo albums via smartphones. The company said it fixed the glitch immediately after it was informed of the problem the previous day. “Now our services, especially via smartphones, are functioning normally,” it said in a text message to…
What should Comcast have advised customers after breach?
So while I was offline, Comcast sent me a statement on Feb. 7 in response to repeated requests for a statement about a breach reported here on Feb. 5: “We’re aware of the situation and are aggressively investigating it,” a Comcast spokesman said. “We take our customers’ privacy and security very seriously and we currently…
Why Canada’s Privacy Commissioner and CRTC should heed PIAC/CAC’s recommendations about Bell’s “Relevant Ads Program”
This post originally appeared on PogoWasRight.org. I am cross-posting it here because I think NullCrew’s hack should inform policy decisions and public debate about a program of Bell’s that involves a lot of sharing of consumers’ personal information with “affiliates.” Bell (BCE, Bell Canada, Bell Mobility, Bell Aliant and their affiliates) believes it is engaging…