Several weeks ago, Katy ISD in Texas started notifying 11,658 current and former employees that their SSN and personal information were on a flash drive that was lost by an IRS employee during an audit. Today, Landan Kuhlmann reports that the district enrolled all the affected employees in a credit-monitoring program provided by iLock360 for…
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Web.com reports 93,000 customers’ payment card data compromised in breach (update1)
Web.com issued the following press release today: Web.com reported that it discovered an unauthorized breach of one of its computer systems on August 13, 2015. As the result of this attack, the credit card information of approximately 93,000 customers (of the company’s over 3.3 million customers) may have been compromised. The company uncovered the unauthorized activity…
Update: Fred’s Inc. says no evidence that payment card data was exfiltrated in breach
More details have emerged about the breach acknowledged by Fred’s Inc. after Brian Krebs contacted them. Ted Evanoff reports that two servers were compromised by malware. Although the company would not disclose how many customers were affected, their public relations firm issued a statement that said, in part: The investigation determined that an unauthorized person gained…
Ex-Yahoo employee admits leaking information to author of Marissa Mayer book
Matt O’Brien reports: In a case that sends a chilling message to gossipy Silicon Valley tech workers, a former Yahoo employee has admitted in court papers that she broke her employment agreement by leaking confidential information to a journalist who wrote a book about CEO Marissa Mayer. Cecile Lal, sued by Yahoo in May for…
Target Reaches Settlement With Visa Over 2013 Data Breach
Bree Fowler of Associated Press reports: Target has reached a deal to pay up to $67 million to settle Visa claims related to a massive 2013 data breach that resulted in the theft of millions of debit and credit card numbers. Both Target Corp. and Visa Inc. confirmed the agreement Tuesday, but wouldn’t put a…
Planet Fitness accuses former employee of stealing personnel data
Scott Dolan reports: The parent company of the popular Planet Fitness gym chain Monday fired a Maine man who worked as its payroll manager, accusing him of stealing “highly sensitive personal and financial information” about its employees. Planet Fitness, based in Newington, New Hampshire, made the accusations public in a lawsuit filed against the fired…