Vincent Moleski reports: The California Department of Consumer Affairs suffered a malware attack Wednesday morning, affecting workstations and disrupting computer networks. Veronica Harms, the department’s deputy director, said in a prepared statement that all services to the public remained open, but the department had shut down some of its computer information network to protect electronic…
Category: Malware
Caribou Coffee Customer Data Exposed In POS Security Breach
A breach involving coffee customer data at Caribou Coffee stores throughout the country. A notice on their web site explains: Data Security Notice Dear Valued Guests: We want to be in touch with you regarding a recent incident that may have involved access to your payment card information. What Happened On November 28, 2018, we…
LifeBridge sued over 2016 breach
Remember the LifeBridge malware incident disclosed earlier this year where more than 500,000 patients were notified of a malware incident that had been discovered in March, 2018? LifeBridge’s notification indicated that their investigation had revealed that an unauthorized person had accessed the server in 2016. It wasn’t totally clear to me at the time whether…
NY: Ronin Gallery notifies customers of payment card breach
So I meant to report on this breach last week, but when I went to their web site to see if they had any notification up, I started browsing all the Japanese and Eastern Asian art, and forgot to get back to writing up the breach report. Thanks to “Russy” who sent me a reminder…
DrBenLynch.com notifies customers of payment card compromise
DrBenLynch.com is a commercial site that focuses on naturopathic research and supplements. At least I think it does. The site is down right now “for maintenance,” which seems to be this generation’s euphemism for “OK, we were hacked and we’re fixing things.” As reported to at least a few state attorneys general, DrBenLynch.com experienced a…
MO: Use BJC’s patient portal to pay your bills? Company announces possible malware breach.
Hana Muslic reports: At least 5,850 people have been alerted about a possible breach of credit card information through Barnes-Jewish Company HealthCare’s online payment portal. On Nov. 19, BJC learned information submitted through the portal could have been intercepted through the use of a malicious computer software that had been installed on their website, a…