For the second time in three months, Backcountry Gear is notifying online customers that malware may have compromised their payment card information. According to a letter from Michael Monson, Co-Founder and owner of BackcountryGear.com, malware caused payment card information to be stolen between October 11 and October 17, when they discovered the problem. Customers’ names,…
Category: U.S.
Capital One notifies customers that rogue employee accessed their information
As Attorney General Kamala Harris’s annual data breach report noted, some breach notifications are written on a level that exceeds the average consumer’s reading level. Here’s one from Capital One that’s in a bit more plain English: We’re writing to let you know that your personal information may have been compromised. A former employee, while still…
Apple Pay competitor CurrentC hacked, alerts pilot program participants of security breach
Neil Hughes reports: CurrentC, a mobile payment system that has found itself at odds with both Apple Pay and Google Wallet, announced on Wednesday that it has been hacked and that some users’ email addresses may have been obtained. MCX, the company behind CurrentC, sent out the email on Wednesday, revealing that its security systems…
GA: Administrative clerk indicted on theft, fraud charges
Roslyn Giles reports: A Muscogee County grand jury has returned a 10-count indictment against an administrative clerk on theft and fraud charges. Regina Millirons, a 30-year veteran with the sheriff’s office, faces four counts of public record theft, three counts of public record fraud and three counts of computer theft. The indictment states the unlawful…
MA: Bankers say data breach that affected Easthampton, Southampton businesses, including Big E’s, over
EASTHAMPTON — Local bankers said this week that data breaches at some retailers in Easthampton and Southampton, including Big E’s Supermarket, appear to be over, thanks partly to businesses’ efforts to upgrade security. […] During the height of the fraudulent activity, bankers and law enforcement officials refused to release the names of the businesses affected…
28 Charged, $2 Million Potentially Stolen in Minn. ID Theft Ring
Stephen Tellier reports: Two bank employees, a meat salesman going door to door, and Instagram. Investigators say those were the keys to the largest and most sophisticated identity theft ring in Minnesota. And on Tuesday, officials announced it’s been busted. Investigators say the alleged operation went on for at least six years, at least 28…