Hackers in Grand Forks, North Dakota of all places have hit on a clever Trojan Horse: using a fraudulent parking ticket to direct unsuspecting motorists to their virus laden websites. The scam works like this: You come back to your parked car and there’s a parking ticket under the windshield wiper. Everything looks official so [...]
Houston shut down part of its municipal court operations Friday, cancelling hearings and suspending arrests for minor offenses after a computer virus infected hundreds of its machines. City officials said they expected the problems to extend at least through Monday. Court offices will remain open to allow people to pay tickets and fines, but the [...]
A global flash mob of ATM thieves netted $9 million in fraud against ATMs in 49 cities around the world. The computer system for a company called RBS WorldPay was hacked. One service of the company is the ability for employers to pay employees with the money going directly to a debit card that can [...]
Kaiser Permanente is notifying 29,500 of its Northern California employees that a security breach has led to the release of their personal information, including Social Security numbers. A “handful” of employees have reported identity thefts as a result of the breach, Kaiser said. The breach did not involve Kaiser member information and no personal health [...]
The operator of the Geeks.com Web site will submit to five outside security audits over the next 10 years as part of a data-breach settlement deal with the Federal Trade Commission, which found that the online retailer had failed to adequately protect its customer data prior to the breach. Geeks.com, which sells computer supplies and [...]
Federal government employees are being notified of a potential compromise of personal information following the discovery of a virus on the network of SRA International, a major government contractor. In an breach disclosure notification submitted to the Maryland attorney general’s office on Jan. 20, SRA revealed that it has launched an investigation into the virus. [...]
