Brian Krebs reports: Credit and debit card payments giant Verifone [NYSE: PAY] is investigating a breach of its internal computer networks that appears to have impacted a number of companies running its point-of-sale solutions, according to sources. Verifone says the extent of the breach was limited to its corporate network and that its payment services network was not…
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Daytona State College notifies staff of potential W-2 incident
On February 19, I reported that I was finding 2016 W-2 tax statements for sale on the darknet. In that post, I noted that I was not identifying one Florida college I had contacted that day to alert them that at least one of their employees’ W-2 statements was up for sale – and that others might…
Russian Hackers Said to Seek Hush Money From Liberal U.S. Groups
Michael Riley reports: Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks, scouring the organizations’ emails for embarrassing details and attempting to extract hush money, according to two people familiar with probes being conducted by the FBI and private security firms. At least a dozen groups have faced extortion attempts since…
GA: FBI investigating hack of Kennesaw State University server, including state voter data
Aaron Diamant reports: The FBI is investigating an alleged hack of Kennesaw State University server. Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Aaron Diamant reports the state voter data kept by the Center for Election Systems was compromised. Sources tell Diamant the hack happened Wednesday night and voter data maintained there was compromised. Read more on WSBTV. In related…
Turkish suspect identified in Vienna airport cyber attack
The Local reports that a failed cyber attack on Vienna airport last year has been traced back to a Turkish man living in Kentucky. Arslan A., also known as Osman T. or General Osman, has a military background in Turkey. […] In a tweet last September, the hacker group “Aslan Neferler Tim” or “Lion Soldiers Team”…
Health insurer Excellus fails in latest attempt to get breach lawsuit dismissed
Patrick O’Neill reports the latest litigation update involving Excellus, whose breach was covered on this site in 2015: Four years after Excellus BlueCross BlueShield was hacked and more than 10 million members had their data exposed, the insurer remains on the defensive in class action lawsuits claiming it ignored cybersecurity at peril of its own members….