Rachel Stockman reports: Confidential customer information from a car dealership was potentially compromised after a theft. Delores Carston showed Channel 2 Action News file after file of confidential customer information, including her own, that she says somehow ended up on the street. A man found the paperwork and called her. “This is personal information, this…
More parking facilities affected by DataPark breach
More on the DataPark breach previously noted on this blog as impacting customers of the St. Louis Parking Company in Missouri: ABM Parking Services, Inc. announced that Datapark, a vendor that provides and maintains point of service software for several Chicago parking facilities managed by ABM Parking, confirmed a data security incident. This incident may involve certain customer…
Rex Mundi reportedly leaking employee info
Belsec Blog has more details, but it looks like Tobasco.be and Z-Staffing.org are having their data leaked because they didn’t meet Rex Mundi’s demands. The data leak reportedly does not include national registry numbers, but the hackers are believed to be in possession of bank account numbers that have not (yet?) been leaked. Belsec Blog…
Now at the Sands Casino: An Iranian Hacker in Every Server
Ben Elgin and Michael Riley report: Most gamblers were still asleep, and the gondoliers had yet to pole their way down the ersatz canal in front of the Venetian casino on the Las Vegas Strip. But early on the chilly morning of Feb. 10, just above the casino floor, the offices of the world’s largest gaming company were gripped by…
Financial Industry Regulators Increase Data Security Oversight
Katherine Gasztonyi writes: On Wednesday, December 10, 2014, financial industry regulatory and enforcement agencies issued statements that their organizations will increase scrutiny of financial industry cybersecurity practices going forward. In New York, the State’s Department of Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky issued new guidelines to banks, detailing how their cybersecurity practices would be evaluated. The memorandum—sent to…
VA: Data Breach at Popular Restaurant Kickback Jacks Leaves Customers Vulnerable
Michael writes: Cyber criminals strike again and this time it is a popular restaurant at West End called Kickback Jacks whose customer databank has been compromised. […] While divulging details of the investigation to the public Lt. Chris Eley of Henrico police department stated at though the cards were used at Kickback Jacks the breach…