Update: Bell Canada did not respond to the email they received from DataBreaches.net, but reportedly did send a statement last night to Canada.com, saying “Bell IT and security teams are investigating the situation and will provide further update tomorrow.” NullCrew is back, and claims to have hacked Bell Canada. In a tweet on January 15, they…
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Analyst sees Target data breach costs topping $1 billion
Tom Webb reports: Two months into the Target security breach, fraud is turning up on 10 percent to 15 percent of the stolen card accounts, a security specialist says. Based on that brisk level of criminal activity, one Wall Street analyst estimates that perhaps 5 million of the 40 million stolen credit and debit cards…
Mass hack attack on Yahoo Mail accounts prompts password reset
I noted a lot of tweets yesterday about Yahoo email being hacked and couldn’t figure out what the surprise was – after all, I had already reported that problem on January 27. In any event, it’s now been confirmed, I guess. Dan Goodin reports: Yahoo said it is resetting passwords for some of its e-mail…
URM updates breach notification
URM Stores has posted an update to a breach disclosed in November. The update indicates that the attack was “similar to” attacks reported by other grocery chains and retailers. URM was first alerted to the breach on October 31 by a bank, but its preliminary investigation did not uncover any signs of an attack. After…
Big Tree Solutions data breach affected those who ordered online from restaurants (update 1)
Yesterday, in commenting on the Bike Waiter breach, I wisely thought to contact Big Tree Solutions to inquire whether any of their other clients were affected by the breach reported by Bike Waiter. Big Tree Solutions did not respond to my e-mail inquiry, but today, I find that San Diego-based Bring It To Me is…
Bike Waiter warns customers of security breach
Neal Morton reports: The credit card information of some of the Bike Waiter‘s customers may have been exposed as the result of a privacy breach, the meal delivery service said Tuesday in an email to customers. Shane Broussard, president of Bike Waiter LLC, did not disclose exactly how many customers might be affected, but in…