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Category: Hack
Department of Energy Hacked Again
Rachel King reports: The United States Department of Energy notified employees via an email Wednesday that hackers gained personal information, such as names and social security numbers, of 14,000 current and former agency employees as the result of a hack that occurred in late July. This is the second attack this year that involved a…
Income and Capital Growth Strategies notifies clients after hack
Income and Capital Growth Strategies Inc. is notifying clients of a hack that occurred between July 12 and July 15 of this year. The breach was discovered on July 15. In their notification letter dated August 8, Doug Thorburn, the principal of the firm, writes: We have recently discovered unauthorized access to our computer network…
WA: Months after they learned of Vendini breach, Edmonds Center for the Arts first notifying customers
Notification delayed: In an email sent to more than 13,000 customers Monday, the Edmonds Center for the Arts warned that hackers earlier this spring had broken into the computer databases of Vendini, Inc, the ECA’s online ticket sales agent — raising the possibility that individual credit card information might have been compromised. ECA Executive Director…
Fraud Linked to Harbor Freight Tools Attack is Spreading
Tracy Kitten reports: A cyber-attack that hit Harbor Freight Tools and likely exposed card data processed at all 400 of its retail tool stores could rank among one of the biggest retail breaches this year, one card issuer says. In fact, the issuer, who asked to remain anonymous, says compromised cards linked to the Harbor Freight attack…
Dutch DNS server ‘hack’: Thousands of sites serve up malware
Martin Gijzemijter reports: Thousands of Dutch websites served up malware this week after what was initially thought to be a DNS server hack at SIDN, the Dutch administrator of the .nl domain extension. On Monday, the website of large Dutch online electronics retailer Conrad.nl was reportedly found to be serving malware, and was taken down…