Bianca Capazorio reports on a payment processor breach in South Africa that occurred back in August but is first being acknowledged this week by the firm, PayGate: The Payments Association of SA (Pasa) said on Friday that “the card data emanating from these online transactions seems to have been stored in a manner which does…
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Labelmaster notifies customers after e-commerce site hacked
American Labelmark Company (dba Labelmaster) recently reported an intrusion involving their e-commerce site (labelmaster.com) that affected customers’ names, addresses, and credit card numbers and expiration dates. In a letter dated October 17 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Dwight Curtis reported that on September 12, TrustWave confirmed that they had suffered a breach involving…
Blizzard Responds To Class Action Lawsuit Over Security Concerns
Erik Kain of Forbes has Blizzard’s response to the lawsuit mentioned previously on this blog. He seems to be as skeptical about the lawsuit’s chances of success as I am.
Class Sues ‘World of Warcraft’ Publisher
Matt Reynolds reports: Publishers of “World of Warcraft” and other blockbuster video games make millions by “deceptively and unfairly” charging customers for an after-sale security product to protect their private information from hackers, a class action claims in Federal Court. Lead plaintiff Benjamin Bell sued Blizzard Entertainment, of Irvine, and its corporate parent, Santa Monica-based…
Hack attack: Pizza Hut loses customer information
Ben Grubb reports: Pizza Hut says hackers gained access to the personal information of its customers via its website. Users of the Whirlpool broadband forum and social news website Reddit first noticed the pizza maker’s website had been defaced on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday evening Pizza Hut general manager Graeme Houston issued a statement to technology websites ZDNet and Gizmodo confirming details…
The FTC Fires Back Against Wyndham
I continue to look for coverage of the FTC lawsuit against Wyndham, a topic I’ve covered in a number of blog posts. I’m glad to see that my uploading some of the court documents may have encouraged or facilitated discussion. Adam M. Veness of Mintz Levin discusses the FTC’s response to Wyndham’s motion to dismiss:…