Candice So reports: Well.ca, a Canadian online retailer for health and beauty products, has suffered a data breach, potentially losing the credit card information of some of its customers. In an email to its customers today, Well.ca said one of its service providers was “illegally compromised” between Dec. 22, 2013, and Jan. 7, 2014. The company…
Category: Non-U.S.
Global hackers hit Venezuelan government, servers ‘falling like dominoes’
Jeb Boone reports: Hackers around the world are setting their sights on Venezuela’s government web properties following violent repression against anti-government protesters and instances of internet censorship. Already, hacker groups have defaced, deleted and waged DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks on Venezuelan government and military sites. Spearheaded by South American Anons, as the hackers…
AU: NT government proposes identify theft, card skimming penalties
Computerworld Australia staff report: Proposed amendments to the Northern Territory’s Criminal Code would make it an offence to collect and store identification details about another person for the purposes of identity theft. Under current legislation, a person who obtains someone else’s ID details can’t be prosecuted until they commit a crime. Speaking in the NT…
KR: Shinhan Bank allegedly snooped into accounts of politicians
Na Jeong-ju reports: Shinhan Bank may face punishment by regulators for allegedly illegally accessing hundreds of bank accounts held by its customers, including politicians, sources said Monday. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is currently looking into claims by an opposition lawmaker last year that the bank accessed bank accounts held by 22 people, including 16…
UK: Parking firm pulls app after dev claims: I can SEE credit card privates
Jasper Hamill reports: An automated parking firm has halted public access to its payment app after a blogger identified a serious security flaw which he claimed allowed him to see other users’ credit card information. According to Matt Cheetham, an iOS developer based in Bournemouth, the Phone and Pay app was so leaky that he could easily…
Thousands hit in Tesco.com attack
Mark Ward reports: Tesco has deactivated customers’ internet accounts after their login names and passwords were shared online. The list of more than 2,000 Tesco.com accounts was posted to a popular text-sharing site earlier on Thursday. The supermarket giant said the data had been compiled by hackers using details stolen from other sites. A small…