Outdoor Network LLC in Hollywood, Florida is notifying customers who engaged in credit card transactions between December 2012 and July 2013 that their personal information may have been exfiltrated to unauthorized third parties. In a letter dated September 11, Martin Polo, the firm’s CEO, writes that they recently learned of a breach affecting their boats.net and partzilla.com…
Category: Malware
Creative Banner Assemblies notifies some customers after malware may have extracted their information
Sign-Zone Inc., dba Creative Banner Assemblies, also had a recent malware problem, it seems. They have notified 232 customers that their unencrypted names, addresses, phone numbers, and credit card numbers with CVV codes may have been extracted after malware was inserted on or about June 1. The unencrypted data were in temporary files while the…
Osprey Packs notifying customers after breach brought to its attention by a customer
Osprey Packs will begin mailing letters to Osprey Pro customers whose personal information was compromised in a recent attack of its online Pro Deals site. The breach, which occurred on July 9, exposed customers’ names, billing, shipping, and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and credit card numbers with expiration dates. Osprey Packs learned of the breach…
Ferris State University reports malware injection may have compromised employee and student Social Security Numbers (Updated)
Ferris State University in Oregon is notifying current and prospective employees and students after a malware injection may have exposed their personal information. In a letter submitted to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, John Urbanick, CTO at the university, explained that the university became aware of the breach on July 23. They do not explain…
Dutch DNS server ‘hack’: Thousands of sites serve up malware
Martin Gijzemijter reports: Thousands of Dutch websites served up malware this week after what was initially thought to be a DNS server hack at SIDN, the Dutch administrator of the .nl domain extension. On Monday, the website of large Dutch online electronics retailer Conrad.nl was reportedly found to be serving malware, and was taken down…
OR: Computer virus blamed for Sandy credit card fraud cases
KATU reports: The reason for why about 30 people had their credit card and debit card numbers stolen in sandy: A computer malware or virus apparently infected a local merchant’s computer, police say. Investigators believe the business is Sandy’s Dairy Queen, but are still looking into other potential compromised businesses, such as the Fred Meyer…