Robin De Peyer reports: A leading London university today launched a cyber security investigation after students received a mystery email from its President saying simply: “bello”. The account of University College London‘s Michael Arthur sent out the message to an “all students” address last night – prompting ridicule from those who received it. Dozens of…
Category: Hack
Fidelity hack points to JPMorgan link
Kara Scannell and Tom Braithwaite report: Fidelity Investments, one of the largest US mutual fund companies, was one of 13 financial institutions attacked by hackers, who are believed to be the same group that stole customer information from JPMorgan Chase, according to two people familiar with the matter. The breadth and sophistication of the attack…
Citigroup Said to Be Attacked by JPM Hackers
Michael Riley reports: Citigroup Inc. (C), E*Trade Financial Corp. (ETFC), Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Inc. and Regions Financial Corp. were attacked by the same hackers that breached JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), according to a person familiar with the matter. At least one of those companies — E*Trade — was targeted last year and subsequently…
The Evolution Store notifying customers of payment card and info breach (UPDATED)
As submitted to the California Attorney General’s website: Evolution Nature Corp., d/b/a The Evolution Store (“Evolution”), is writing to inform you of a data incident that may affect the security of your personal information. We are unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of your personal information but are nevertheless providing notice of this incident…
Yahoo Says No Data Stolen in Shellshock Hack
Chris Strohm reports: Yahoo! Inc.’s computer servers were breached by hackers exploiting the Shellshock security hole, although no user data was compromised, the company said in a statement. “Last night, we isolated a handful of our impacted servers and at this time we have no evidence of a compromise to user data,” according to the…
Dear FTC
Why is THIS type of breach still happening? How many more customers will be put at risk of ID theft before Experian deals with what has been a too-frequent problem with client login credentials being misused? I reported one of these breaches in January. I reported one in May. I filed a formal complaint asking FTC to investigate…