Julie Iles reports that estimates of the PageUp breach impact on BP applicants has increased significantly: BP says a hack of its online recruitment portal has compromised the data of more job applicants than initially suspected. BP has emailed about 60,000 people who applied for jobs in its retail stores since 2008 to notify them they could have…
Category: Malware
Security Firm Sued for Failing to Detect Malware That Caused a 2009 Breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Two insurance companies are suing a cyber-security firm to recover insurance fees paid to a customer after the security firm failed to detect malware on the client’s network for months, an issue that led to one of the biggest security breaches of the 2000s. Read more on Bleeping Computer about how Lexington Insurance…
Middletown Schools Hit With Ransomware Attack
Shawn R. Beals reports: The Middletown school district is working to restore access to its computer systems after discovering a ransomware virus Thursday that had locked the staff out. Ransomware is a type of computer virus that encrypts data, rendering it unusable. Typically, the virus demands a ransom payment in order to have access restored….
Ticketmaster investigates potential data security breach
Jackie Fox reports: Ticketmaster Ireland has notified customers about a potential breach of security compromising their payment details. Anyone who bought a ticket from the site between February and June 2018 could be at risk. In an email to customers this evening, the ticketing website said malicious software was identified on a customer support product hosted by…
Hacker hits local mattress store with ransomware
Cameron Poitras reports: A local mattress and furniture supply store was forced to pay a hacker who shut down its servers, effectively putting a halt to services and sales there. Best Sleep Centre was hit by the hacker earlier this month with ransomware, asking for 0.6 of a bitcoin or about $6,000 Canadian. Read more…
Hundreds of Hotels Affected by Data Breach at Hotel Booking Software Provider
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The personal details and payment card data of guests from hundreds of hotels, if not more, have been stolen this month by an unknown attacker, Bleeping Computer has learned. The data was taken from FastBooking, a Paris-based company that sells hotel booking software to more than 4,000 hotels in 100 countries —as…