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CVS confirms customer data stolen in PNI Digital Media attack (updated)

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Dissent

There’s an update to the PNI Digital Media breach that affected the online photo centers for major retailers such as CVS, Costco, Walmart, RiteAid, Sam’s Club. The breach was first disclosed over the summer, but now AP reports that investigators for CVS have not only confirmed the hack, but some customers’ information may have been…

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Hacker Who Helped Infect Million Computers Pleads Guilty

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Dissent

Erik Larson reports: A Latvian hacker pleaded guilty in New York to helping develop a virus that infected more than a million computers worldwide, tricking online banking customers into revealing passwords and other security information. Deniss Calovskis, 30, faces as long as two years in prison under a plea deal reached with U.S. prosecutors after being extradited…

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Hacker Allegedly Behind One of Most Destructive Viruses in History Due in Court

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Dissent

Aaron Katersky and Alyssa Newcomb report: One of the alleged masterminds behind what has been called “one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in history” is expected to appear this afternoon in a New York federal courtroom. Deniss Calovskis, a Latvian national, was arrested in November 2012 for his alleged role in writing some of…

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ME: Data breach at Brunswick hotel possibly exposes cards of 2,600

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Dissent

Darren Fishell reports: Malware on a computer at the Brunswick Hotel and Tavern exposed names and credit card information for as many as 2,600 guests who stayed at the hotel between November 2014 and July 2015. The company managing the hotel notified customers of the breach in a letter dated Aug. 21 and posted to…

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IL: Village Pizza & Pub notifies customers of data security breach at TransformPOS

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Dissent

I wonder how many other TransformPOS clients may be notifying customers. So far, I do not see any notice on TransformPOS’s web site about this incident. From Village Pizza & Pub’s press release:  On July 27, 2015, Village Pizza & Pub learned that the company that provides its point-of-sale payment card processing system, TransformPOS, had been…

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China Allegedly Hacked Top Former FBI Lawyer

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Dissent

Jeff Stein reports: Marion “Spike” Bowman, a top former FBI lawyer and U.S. counterintelligence official who heads an influential organization of retired American spies, says a hacker from China penetrated his home computer, beginning with an innocent-looking email last spring. Read more on Newsweek.

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