Outbrain disabled its content recommendation service after a security breach compromised the websites of several prominent clients. The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has taken credit for the attack, which is believed to have affected the Washington Post, Time, CNN, and the New York Times. Read more on TheNextWeb.
Category: U.S.
When applying for a job = applying to become an ID theft victim
Holding a fake jobs fair to steal people’s identity information may have seemed like a great idea to a Texas man – until he got caught.
ADP coding error exposed McKesson employees’ SSN and wages (updated to include statement from ADP)
Add McKesson to those affected by a breach involving ADP that was disclosed in June. The breach also affected employees of the city of Houston and US Airways, as reported previously on this blog. On August 9, McKesson notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that it was sending out notifications to some of their employees…
Helicopter training academy notifies former attendees of breach (updated)
Add Bell Helicopter’s Training Academy to those reporting breaches this month. The Forth Worth- based business learned in July that some former attendees had received spam e-mails that appeared to originate from them. On investigation, they discovered that someone had obtained information from an older database that contained email addresses and credit card numbers of…
NYC: Two Pret A Manger workers in Chelsea stole 100 customers’ information using credit card skimmers: officials
Shayna Jacobs reports: Two ex-employees at Pret A Manger allegedly took a big bite out of customer’s wallets. Nigel McCollum, 22, and his gal pal Lenica Greene, 23, were hit with a massive indictment for stealing the identities of at least 100 customers through credit card skimmers, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday. Read more on NY…
WA: Months after they learned of Vendini breach, Edmonds Center for the Arts first notifying customers
Notification delayed: In an email sent to more than 13,000 customers Monday, the Edmonds Center for the Arts warned that hackers earlier this spring had broken into the computer databases of Vendini, Inc, the ECA’s online ticket sales agent — raising the possibility that individual credit card information might have been compromised. ECA Executive Director…