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Batteries.com—Security Breach

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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Rash of debit fraud due to Heartland Payment Systems breach

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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Unu is back! 8.000.000 is the magic number – gamespot.com

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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Ie: 3,000 email accounts compromised by hackers

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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RBS Gets an OK on PCI, But Is It Back in Visa’s Good Graces?

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

Digital Transactions reports: RBS WorldPay Inc., the other big merchant acquirer besides Heartland Payment Systems Inc. to report a major data breach in recent months, this week announced that it has attained validated compliance with the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, or PCI.

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DHS: Information-sharing platform hacked

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Dissent

Ben Bain of FederalComputerWeek reports: The Homeland Security Department’s platform for sharing sensitive but unclassified data with state and local authorities was hacked recently, a DHS official has confirmed. The intrusion into the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) was confirmed to Federal Computer Week by Harry McDavid, the chief information officer for DHS’ Office of…

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