Ruh oh. Penn Station, Inc. and some of its franchisees have announced that they have learned of unauthorized access to credit and debit card information in certain franchisee-owned Penn Station East Coast Subs restaurants. Less than 20 percent of Penn Station’s more than 235 restaurants have been identified as potentially affected to date. “We want…
Category: Hack
A Six-Figure Credit Breach at Five Guys (updated)
I hate it when we only find out about data breaches from lawsuits, but at least we find out. Marlene Kennedy of Courthouse News reports: Five Guys burger joints failed to safeguard their data, giving hackers access to the accounts of debit-card-paying customers, a bank claims in court. Trustco Bank says the hackers racked up…
University of Nebraska breach needs to reverberate in Washington, D.C.
The University of Nebraska disclosed a breach last week, which I dutifully entered on DataLossDB. The breach sounded like it could be huge, despite the university’s statement that it had no evidence (at that time) that any data had been downloaded: The NeSIS database includes Social Security numbers, addresses, grades, transcripts, housing and financial aid…
Computer security breach at Serco affects 123,000 Thrift Savings Plan participants
Hazel Bradford reports: A cyber attack on a computer of a contractor for the $313 billion Thrift Savings Plan, Washington, could have compromised account information for about 123,000 plan participants, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees the plan, announced Friday. […] The attack was made on a computer at Serco Inc., a contractor…
SK Communications to appeal data breach ruling awarding damages to consumer
Kim Yoo-chul reports: SK Communications, operator of the immensely-popular Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social network website, is challenging a damage compensation awarded to one of its customers who sued the company over its lax protection of private data. She is among many users of Cyworld and Nate (www.nate.com) , another SK Communications service, who have pursued legal…
Utah: Did 2005 bill contribute to the Medicaid computer breach?
Chris Vanocur that a 2005 bill that centralized computer systems in Utah may have contributed to the March hack that affected 800,000. The centralization reportedly saved the state money, but Chris asks at what cost? The centralization reportedly led to lay-offs and, eventually, other key state computer personnel left as well. ABC 4 News is…