Bill Sizemore of The Virginian-Pilot reports that the state is sending breach notifications to 530,000 Virginians whose Social Security numbers may have been in the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program database that was hacked on April 30. An additional 1,400 users of the database who may have provided Social Security numbers when they registered for the…
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MI: Credit-card thefts blamed for Spicy Pickle closings
This follow-up to a breach originally reported on PogoWasRight.org last year demonstrates how what might appear to be less than catastrophic data breaches can wipe out a small or medium-sized business. William R. Wood reports on MLive.com: The area’s two Spicy Pickle restaurants closed Monday, their owner saying that they were victims of the fallout…
Batteries.com—Security Breach
My Take on Life reports a breach of batteries.com’s server that compromised names, addresses, and credit card data. A small number of fraud reports have already been made that may be a result of the breach. From the FAQ on batteries.com site, where you can learn more about the incident: What happened? An individual…
Rash of debit fraud due to Heartland Payment Systems breach
When Heartland Payment Systems announced a major breach on January 20, some banks and credit unions decided to replace cards proactively. Others decided to just monitor the cards flagged. Now, one week after the deadline for submitting claims to Visa, some banks may be regretting their decision not to replace cards. For example, consider this…
Unu is back! 8.000.000 is the magic number – gamespot.com
From Hackers Blog: “Unu”, the ex HackersBlog member that stole the spotlight with his findings in internet security has come up with a new, very interesting finding. He gained access to personal data of a very large website. According to unu, over 8.000.000 (that 8 followed by 6 zeros!! 8 Millions) member accounts of gamespot.com…
Ie: 3,000 email accounts compromised by hackers
Conall O Fátharta of Irish Examiner reports: Up to 3,000 Irish people have had their email accounts compromised by international hackers, it has emerged. The hackers managed to access the private emails of thousands of individuals whose details were then put on an Arabic website. A number of Irish banking institutions, county councils, universities, the…