The University of California – Santa Barbara has sent out an update to a breach alert it sent out in July after some employees reported possible check fraud involving their personal checking accounts. In a letter posted on the California Attorney General’s website today, Jim Corkill, Director of Business and Financial Services writes: Our investigation recently…
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United States Investigations Services (USIS) suffers major computer breach, officials say; DHS contractor
Ellen Nakashima reports: A major U.S. contractor that conducts background checks for the Department of Homeland Security has suffered a computer breach that likely resulted in the theft of employees’ personal information, officials said Wednesday. The company, USIS, said in a statement that the intrusion “has all the markings of a state-sponsored attack.” The breach,…
Vibram’s hosting provider hacked; customers’ credit card numbers compromised
Vibram is notifying some customers that their third-party hosting provider was hacked and that customers making online purchases at vibramfivefingers.com between June 6 and July 7 may have had their credit card numbers compromised. As a result of the breach, the manufacturer and retailer of five-finger running shoes is taking its hosting business to another provider,…
Erie feds: IDs stolen from NYC welfare records
Lisa Thompson reports: More than 400 of the identities stolen in a massive Erie federal wire fraud case appear to have been lifted from the case records of New York City public assistance clients, a federal prosecutor said. Federal investigators believe one of the Nigerian defendants recently indicted in Erie in a $10 million identity…
Target’s Data Breach Is Going To Cost The Company Even More Than It Previously Thought
Myles Udland reports: Target’s data breach just got more expensive. In a statement, the retailer said its second quarter earnings will include a $148 million charge related to losses regarding the massive data breach which occurred during last year’s holiday shopping season. This is more than the company previously estimated. Read more on BusinessInsider
Wireless Emporium customers notified of breach
If you shopped online at WirelessEmporium.com between December 24, 2013 and January, your name, address, payment card number, expiration date, and CVV code made have been acquired by a hacker who inserted malicious software. If you’re among those affected (and they don’t reveal how many were notified), you’ll have to manage on your own as…