Brian Krebs reports: A hacker break in at a U.S. company that brokers reservations for limousine and Town Car services nationwide has exposed the personal and financial information on more than 850,000 well-heeled customers, including Fortune 500 CEOs, lawmakers, and A-list celebrities. The high-value data cache was found on the same servers where hackers stashed information…
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Peoples Trust Company hacked; Bank arranges for credit alert flags on customers’ accounts for 6 years
Someone kindly alerted me to a breach involving Peoples Trust Company in Canada. Here is the text of a notification letter they sent out, as provided by one of the recipients (hence, DataBreaches.net can assure its complete authenticity/accuracy): October 25th, 2013 RE: Important Notice Regarding Your Personal Information Dear First Name Last Name, As is…
North Georgia Tech Students Asked to be Alert After Possible Security Breach
David Stephens reports: Maybe not the way some college students wanted to start off the month of November, as North Georgia Technical College is advising some students to keep a close eye on their credit reports – that after one of their student data bases may have been breached. According to college spokesperson Sandra Maughon,…
Finnish Government Hit With ‘Serious’ Data Breach
Angela Moscaritolo reports: The Finnish government has confirmed it suffered a “serious data security violation,” which was reportedly carried out over a period of four years and allowed hackers to pilfer unspecified amounts of data. The breach affected the Finnish Foreign Service Internet network, which contains information and data “of the lowest classification level,” according…
Harbor Freight Tools USA notifies customers that payment processing system was hacked (updated)
Harbor Freight Tools USA has been notifying customers of a hack that occurred in May and was discovered on July 2. In their letter, they write: Over the summer, Harbor Freight Tools’ payment processing system was illegally attacked by cyber-criminals. The attack was similar to attacks reported by other national retailers. In response, we immediately…
Hosting Service MongoHQ Suffers Major Security Breach That Explains Buffer’s Hack Over The Weekend
Alex Williams writes: NoSQL Database hosting service MongoHQ, a Y Combinator alum, has suffered a major security breach that appears to be a major factor in an attack over the weekend on Buffer, the social media scheduling service. The MongoHQ intrusion is affecting customers of the hosting service and potentially also their S3 storage accounts on Amazon Web Services (AWS). MongoHQ…