Color me stunned. In one breath, Governor Haley says that even with what is known now, there is “no way to say it could have been prevented.” Then we learn that investigators “believe that a hacker tricked someone at the Department of Revenue into opening a file that gave the hacker access to the system.”…
Category: Malware
More on the Great River Entertainment breach
Last month I reported on a breach involving a Great River Entertainment facility. Great River notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the breach on October 1, but the timeline is somewhat disturbing: 1. In November 2011, they were informed that guests were experiencing fraud on cards used there. 2. On or about March…
IA: Officials confirm credit and debit cards used at Pzazz casino compromised last year
Andy Hoffman reports: Officials at the Pzazz entertainment complex in Burlington have confirmed “computer hackers” breached security at their facility last year, resulting in dozens of credit card numbers being stolen. Rob Higgins, general manager of the complex, recently sent letters to several American Express cardholders who were victimized last year by high-tech thieves who…
Some Bellacor customers who ordered online notified of security breach
Home lighting and furnishings retailer Bellacor has notified some of its web site customers of a recent breach. In their letter , a copy of which was posted on California’s breach report site, President and CEO James Lawrence informed those affected that their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and encrypted credit card numbers with security codes…
When security works: payroll processor prevent$ transactions
Neurocare, Inc. has been notifying some employees after one of their systems was infected by malware and the criminals acquired the firm’s login credentials to its payroll processor account. The credentials were then used to re-route direct deposits for some employees to other accounts. The scheme was foiled because Neurocare’s unnamed payment processor detected an…
Maplesoft Affected by Security Breach
Seen on Maplesoft’s web site: Maplesoft is investigating a security breach of its administrative database that took place on July 17th, 2012. As a result of the breach, the perpetrators gained access to some email subscription data, including email addresses, first and last names, and company and institution names. Any financial information held by Maplesoft remains…