WASHINGTON — A Hungarian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to hacking into the computer systems of the Marriott hotel chain and threatening to reveal confidential information unless he was given a job. Attila Nemeth, 26, was arrested at Dulles airport in Virginia on January 17 after taking a flight to the United States from Hungary for…
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Data breach notification fatigue: Do consumers (eventually) tune out?
George V. Hulme writes: Earlier this month more than 50 companies were involved in a massive heist of names and email addresses from Epsilon Interactive. With millions of customers of companies such as Best Buy, Brookestone, Dell, Marriott and many others affected, the question is being raised: are so many breach notifications from so many…
And the hits just keep on coming for Epsilon
Note: CBS reports that the Secret Service is investigating the Epsilon breach. If you receive a phishing attempt that you want to report to the Secret Service, email [email protected]. You can also file a report at http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx. I’ll add businesses to the list of affected customers as I become aware of them, so check back if…
Was this Epsilon’s first breach – or its second? (update2)
From the this-may-be-getting-ugly dept.: Adding to the growing list of companies affected by a breach at Dallas-based Epsilon, Stitch Kingdom reports that Disney Destinations (The Walt Disney Travel Company) was also affected by the breach . But I knew that already thanks to a site reader who tiredly sent me the notification he received from them….
HEI Hotels & Resorts notifies customers of POS compromise (updated)
Lawyers for Connecticut-based HEI Hospitality (HEI Hotels & Resorts) have informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that HEI discovered that a “vulnerability in an information system at certain of its hotel properties may have been exploited, and credit card information related to certain transactions occurring between March 25 and April 17, 2010 may have…