Max Smolaks reports: US charity Goodwill Industries International has announced the results of a six week long investigation into a suspected data breach, admitting that around 868,000 customer credit and debit cards have been compromised. Read more on TechWeek Europe.
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Goodwill starts identifying stores impacted by payment processor breach
Following up on a breach first disclosed by Brian Krebs: Goodwill Industries of Kansas has released a list of twenty stores across the state affected by a security breach it announced in July. The charity said it confirmed the breach after an extensive investigation. The Goodwill said the stores affected used the same third-party vendor to…
IE: Munster refer email incident to Data Protection Commission
Ruaidhri O’Connor reports: MUNSTER have engaged the Data Protection Commissioner over last week’s incident when a sensitive player review document ended up in the hands of the squad by mistake. Chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald said the province have engaged legal advice as they acknowledged that the communication was received in error by their players last…
UT: Summit County sees credit card breach after fair, rodeo and demolition derby
Benjamin Wood reports: Hundreds of personal bank accounts are at risk after a security breach was discovered involving ticket sales for the Summit County Fair rodeo and demolition derby. Summit County spokeswoman Julie Booth said officials became aware of the breach Sunday after a number of county employees and members of the community reported experiencing…
SG: Alleged ‘Messiah’ hacker faces 105 more charges
Olivia Siong reports: Alleged “Messiah” hacker James Raj Arokiasamy was handed an additional 105 charges in court on Monday (Aug 25). This includes charges for securing unauthorised access into the Fuji Xerox webserver between Mar 1 and 24 last year. He is also accused of hacking into and making unauthorised modifications to a fan site…
MO: Hacker group claims shutdown of county, city websites
Mike Rush reports: The FBI and Missouri Attorney General are getting involved after hackers posted the private information of thousands of law enforcement officers. A hacker group is taking credit for stealing sensitive information from the Missouri Sheriffs’ Association website. The group states the Ferguson unrest as the motive. The information released includes names, addresses,…