Jonathan D. Epstein reports: A debit-card security breach at a discount grocery chain that operates in 11 states is costing Five Star Bank as much as $850,000 in fraud losses. Financial Institutions, the Warsaw-based parent of the bank, expects to suffer a pretax loss of about $750,000 to $850,000 in the fourth quarter in connection…
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KY: Area bank warns of security breach
Michael Vick reports on news from Paducah: An area bank issued an important warning to take a closer look at your bank accounts, informing customers of a security breach. Community Financial Services Bank recently sent out a letter saying Visa contacted them because a hacker in Miami accessed some unauthorized customer information. Read more on…
AFTRA notice of breach involving web site “Join Online”
IDG news reporter Bob McMillan kindly points us all to this September 29 notice on the web site of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA): Please be advised that on Sept. 29, AFTRA learned that computer hackers unlawfully accessed the Join Online portion of the AFTRA website at AFTRA.com. The hackers either…
(Update) Ca: Teen hacker charged
Kate Dubinski reports: A 15-year-old hacker accused of breaking into the Thames Valley District school board’s website and exposing the passwords of 27,000 high school students has been criminally charged.The boy was arrested and charged with four criminal code offences: Intercepting a computer function – Fraudulently obtaining computing services. Using a computer with intent to…
How do you say, “Maybe we shouldn’t have stored your credit card data” in Japanese?
The Japan Foundation of Los Angeles recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security incident involving an unnamed vendor who hosts their web site at jfalc.org. According the October 21 letter filed by their attorneys, on September 18, JFLA discovered that the names, dates of birth and credit card information for those…
Hacker may have accessed database of Louisiana EMTs
Marsha Shuler reports: Some 56,000 emergency medical technicians were advised this week that a hacker may have gained access to personal information about them contained in a state licensing database. The state Department of Health and Hospitals sent letters to the emergency medical technicians, notifying them of the incident that occurred Sept. 17. […] Department…