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Veridian Credit Union sues Eddie Bauer for failing to prevent data breach

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Dissent

Matt Day reports that another retailer has been sued by financial institutions hoping to recover their costs of a breach. Veridian Credit Union filed suit, seeking class-action status, in Seattle federal court this week. The complaint alleges negligence on the retailer’s part and seeks to  compensate financial institutions for costs related to reissuing stolen credit and…

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Home Depot to Pay Banks $25 Million in Data Breach Settlement

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Dissent

Jeff John Roberts reports: Home Depot has taken another step to move on from its colossal 2014 data breach, which involved hackers stealing email or credit card information from more than 50 million customers by infiltrating self check-out terminals. In a new settlement with dozens of banks, the retailer has agreed to pay $25 million for damages they incurred…

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Hackers attack Pa. Senate Democrats’ computer system with Ransomware

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Dissent

Jan Murphy reports: A cyberattack forced the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus to shutdown its computer system on Friday, according to a statement from the caucus’ leader Sen. Jay Costa. The Ransomware attack, discovered early Friday morning, delivered malware to computers throughout the network, making its systems and data inaccessible to caucus members and employees throughout…

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Aptos malware breach affected 40 online retail stores

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Dissent

Aptos, Inc.  provides e-commerce solutions for a number of online e-tailers. In November, 2016, Aptos discovered it had a malware breach from February, 2016 – December, 2016.  At law enforcement’s request, they delayed notification to their clients, so we are first finding out about it now as the clients begin to disclose the breach to their customers. So far,…

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Roxana Police Chief: System back online after ransomware attack

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Dissent

Alex B. Heeb reports: Police have finished cleaning up computer systems impacted by a ransomware virus earlier this month. […] But the town’s police capabilities were never impacted by the attack, Roxana Police Chief Will Cunningham said. Read more on Alton Telegraph, although they still don’t disclose what type of ransomware it was.

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Credit card, personal info targeted in Hawaii tour company hack

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Dissent

HNN reports: Roberts Hawaii is warning customers about a security breach that may affect customers who purchased tours from July 2015 to December 2016. The tour company found out about the hack after getting reports of fraudulent charges on customers’ credit cards. The charges appeared shortly after the customers made purchases on Roberts Hawaii’s website….

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