1.5 million exposed in RBS WorldPay Breach
Fashionably late, as the who’s who laws require, electronic payment services firm RBS WorldPay has admitted a breach that exposed 1.5 million payroll and gift card holders exposed to fraud and identity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
T-Mobile USA – Was it or wasn’t it a data breach?
Did a data breach occur at T-Mobile USA? According to a group of hackers it did. They claimed to have gained access to all customer information of the company and posted network scans to prove it on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Website exposes sensitive data on Californian commuters
Military personnel included in exposed group of carpooling employees A website built to help commuters carpool to work is exposing sensitive information of workers for hundreds of employers in Southern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sony’s PlayStation Network Hack Created 70 Million Potential Fraud Victims
According to the PlayStation blog, the 70 million users of Qriocity and PlayStation Network may have had their personal information compromised due to a successful hacker attack. Also the network has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hacks and Stolen Hardware, Top Data Breach Causes
After analyzing the couple of dozens of breaches that made it to the security news pages last week, we concluded hackers going wild on websites and stolen hardware, particularly laptops, were the most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hackers Partially Close down the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Hackers targeting the Hong Kong stock exchange have managed to do enough damage to force them to close afternoon trading for seven listed companies. The attack targeted the news section of the stock...
View ArticleAre Hackers Going to Be This Year’s Top News Item?
We have recently written quite a few pieces on hacking, hacker-caused data breaches, and other such incidents. As we kick off the week and this first month of fall, more pieces of news along the same...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Data breach exposes 40,000 credit and debit cards
A data breach occurring at the Vacationland Vendors arcade games in Wisconsin Dells effected 40,000 credic and debit cards. The incident was caused by hackers who gained access to the card processing...
View Article
