Cyrus Farivar reports that Subway, who had previous hacking problems, has had other problems: Two California men were charged in a case involving hacking point-of-sale (POS) computers at various Subway restaurants in a newly unsealed indictment on Friday in Boston. The two suspects are Shahin Abdollahi, aka “Sean Holdt,” and Jeffrey Thomas Wilkinson, both of…
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Steakhouse Data-Theft Leader Gets As Much as 13 1/2 Years
Just to follow-up on previously reported breaches: The leader of a ring of waiters who copied customer credit cards at New York steakhouses including Smith & Wollensky and the Capital Grille so accomplices could buy luxury goods was ordered to go to prison for as long as 13 1/2 years. Luis “Damian” Jacas, 42, oversaw…
Arkansas State U. faculty victims of tax refund fraud, but source of breach still unknown
One month after it became aware that some faculty members had become victims of tax refund fraud, Arkansas State University still hasn’t figured out whether the breach was of their system or a third-party vendor’s. By now, 150 employees have reported problems. KAIT8 has the story.
FL: Jacksonville intranet breach exposed employees’ Social Security numbers
Fox30 reports from Jacksonville, Florida: A confidential document containing the social security numbers of every city employee hired after 2005, was found on an internal website. A city worker found the document and forwarded it on public officials. According to a letter sent to city council members, the employee was placed on paid administrative leave…
NC DHHS contractor’s missing drive held over 50,000 medical providers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers
Yesterday, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) disclosed that a flash drive with information on over 50,000 medical providers who are excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs had been misplaced or lost by its contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The provider information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social…
Genesco takes VISA to court over data breach (updated)
Back in January, there were reports that Genesco might sue card issuers over their response to the firm’s malware breach in 2010. Now dmarsteller reports that Genesco has, indeed, sued VISA. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Nashville. dmarsteller explains: VISA later fined Fifth Third Bank and Wells Fargo $5,000 each and levied another $13.3…