Brian Krebs reports: VISA and MasterCard are alerting banks across the country about a recent major breach at a U.S.-based credit card processor. Sources in the financial sector are calling the breach “massive,” and say it may involve more than 10 million compromised card numbers. Read more on KrebsonSecurity. As always, Brian is all over…
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UPDATE: Statement from ESingles about MilitarySingles.com
Today, a spokesperson for ESingles provided an update to the MilitarySingles.com breach report. Their statement is as follows: After a thorough investigation by our company programmers, it is our conclusion that our database was not hacked and that the claims of the Lulzsec group are completely false. Here are a couple points to note: 1….
Chris Aragon, partner in Carders Market, pleads guilty in massive ID theft/fraud scheme
The leader of a crime ring was convicted yesterday of stealing thousands of personal identities and counterfeiting credit cards to buy high-end goods to be resold on eBay and Craigslist. Christopher John Aragon, 51, Capistrano Beach, pleaded guilty March 26, 2012, to 50 felony counts including 33 counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information,…
FTC releases proposed settlement order in RockYou breach; $250k fine for breaching COPPA
The RockYou breach, disclosed in December 2009, stands as the 10th largest breach on DataLossDB’s counter after 32 million login credentials were compromised. A civil suit, Claridge v. RockYou, is still unsettled, although a proposed settlement was submitted to the court in November 2011. Previous coverage on this breach can be found here. Now the FTC…
Hackers turn credit report websites against consumers
Bob Sullivan of MSNBC has a story about credit reports being for sale that may worry people with good credit ratings. It begins: The most important tool consumers have to fight against ID theft has been turned against them by hackers, msnbc.com has learned. Websites that offer consumers a chance to see their credit reports are…
GA: Ex-employee sought for stolen records
It seems like only this morning how we were saying that “data breach” isn’t a dirty word anymore. Oh wait, it was this morning. Here’s another case where someone either missed the memo or is so embarrassed/concern about fallout from the breach that their identity has not been disclosed in this report by Aspen Newspapers…