Millions Of Credit Card Numbers May Have Been Stolen In Sonic Drive-In Breach
“It’s a day of the week ending in “y,” which can only mean one thing: Another national company’s payment system has been compromised. This time, it’s the Sonic Drive-In fast food chain, where potentially millions of credit card numbers may have been stolen. KrebsOnSecurity.com confirmed the breach with Sonic earlier today, after recently coming across […]
Deloitte says it’s been hacked
“The global accountancy firm Deloitte said Monday it was the victim of a hack that targeted its email system. The cybersecurity breach, which was first reported by The Guardian newspaper on Monday, impacted “only very few clients,” Deloitte said in an emailed statement. The firm said it contacted “governmental authorities immediately after it became aware […]
SEC says its corporate filing system was hacked
“Federal securities regulators said late Wednesday that hackers gained access to the government’s electronic system for corporate filings and may have made illicit gains by trading on the information. The Securities and Exchange Commission discovered the intrusion, which occurred last year, only in August. The agency said in a statement that a software vulnerability in […]
Hackers broke into SEC computer systems and may have traded on the stolen information
Hackers broke into the systems of the top US securities regulator last year, and may have used confidential information to trade in the stock market. The Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday that criminals exploited a software vulnerability in its filing system. While the breach was detected in 2016 and the weakness patched, the SEC […]
Hackers stealing home buyers’ down payments
Hackers are posing as realtors and stealing down payments by accessing email accounts. Julie Watts reports on home buyers who have lost thousands of dollars from such scams. Watch the video here. Author: CBS News
Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack
A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against Equifax Inc. late Thursday evening, shortly after the company reported that an unprecedented hack had compromised the private information of about 143 million people. In the complaint filed in Portland, Ore., federal court, users alleged Equifax was negligent in failing to protect consumer data, choosing to save money […]
Getting A Grip On the Latest Hacking Attacks
The world is feeling scarier by the day. North Korea’s missile threats are no laughing matter. The television news pairs feel-good stories about Fourth of July celebrations with ominous notes about shows of force by police at those same events. And nobody seems to know quite what to think about an outbreak of hacking attacks […]
HBO’s Twitter accounts hacked in latest cyberattack
“Premium cable channel HBO has fallen victim yet again to a hacker attack. This time its official Twitter account was broken into, along with accounts for several of its most popular shows. A group calling itself OurMine gained control of HBO’s main account Wednesday night, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It left a message in […]
How To Avoid Cyber Attacks: 5 Best Practices From SEC And FINRA
Regulators agree that cybersecurity threats pose significant risks to financial firms, investors and the markets. As a result, cybersecurity practices are a key focus for regulatory examinations this year for both the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). At the recent 2017 FINRA Annual Conference, David Kelley, Surveillance […]
THE BIGGEST CYBERSECURITY DISASTERS OF 2017 SO FAR
The first six months of 2017 have seen an inordinate number of cybersecurity meltdowns. And they weren’t just your standard corporate breaches. It’s only July, and already there’s been viral, state-sponsored ransomware, leaks of spy tools from US intelligence agencies, and full-on campaign hacking. And that’s just the beginning. Let this recap of 2017’s biggest […]