Wallet thieves have chance at guessing card PINs 

Wallet thieves have chance at guessing card PINs

In Hackers - 24 February 2012 5:50 PM
British researchers calculate probabilities.
Lush A/NZ credit card details pilfered by "hackers" 

Lush A/NZ credit card details pilfered by "hackers"

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 16 February 2011 10:11 AM
Database stolen, PCI DSS rules flouted.
Lush customer details stolen by hackers 

Lush customer details stolen by hackers

In Risk - By Brett Winterford, Jennifer Scott, 24 January 2011 10:58 AM
Credit card details stolen.
VoiP mastermind hacker gets 10 years 

VoiP mastermind hacker gets 10 years

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 27 September 2010 9:10 AM
Sold 10 million stolen minutes.
Cache of stolen FTP credentials discovered  

Cache of stolen FTP credentials discovered

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 September 2010 1:11 PM
Most logins had "reasonably strong" passwords.
World Cup fans hit by fraud scare 

World Cup fans hit by fraud scare

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 15 September 2010 2:31 PM
Stolen personal details allegedly sold online.
Microsoft starts stolen accounts database 

Microsoft starts stolen accounts database

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 18 June 2010 10:37 AM
Internet Fraud Alert will report stolen credentials and data.
44 million stolen gaming credentials discovered 

44 million stolen gaming credentials discovered

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 28 May 2010 1:51 PM
Wayi Entertainment the main target.
Internet mailbox for 'China's Got Talent' compromised 

Internet mailbox for 'China's Got Talent' compromised

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 21 May 2010 1:19 PM
Basic security not in place.
Banks accept Dubai assassins' stolen IDs 

Banks accept Dubai assassins' stolen IDs

In Risk - By Charis Palmer, 1 March 2010 1:40 PM
Special report: Passport credentials still valid for identity fraud.
Businesses urged to shore up their mobile defences 

Businesses urged to shore up their mobile defences

In Web/client - By Dan Worth, 10 December 2009 10:54 AM
Device theft is the number one threat to data, Symbian warns.
Attackers try to swindle FTP credentials in cPanel scam 

Attackers try to swindle FTP credentials in cPanel scam

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 9 December 2009 11:32 AM
Messages appear to come from trusted web hosting providers.
Restaurants file lawsuit against payment terminal vendor after identity theft 

Restaurants file lawsuit against payment terminal vendor after identity theft

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 30 November 2009 10:55 AM
Lack of PCI DSS compliance proves troublesome.
E-mail hack brings big data breach for Twitter 

E-mail hack brings big data breach for Twitter

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 16 July 2009 9:37 AM
Stolen documents surface, but company denies account theft.
Programmer charged with stealing Goldman code freed on bail 

Programmer charged with stealing Goldman code freed on bail

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 8 July 2009 11:03 AM
A software programmer charged with copying secret financial-trading code from Goldman Sachs computers is out on US$750,000 bail.
Security experts uncover one-stop botnet marketplace 

Security experts uncover one-stop botnet marketplace

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 18 June 2009 10:27 AM
Researchers have uncovered a fully-functional marketplace for the building and selling of botnets.
Beladen infections plummet 

Beladen infections plummet

In Applications - By SC Australia Staff, 16 June 2009 5:03 PM
The number of sites infected with malicious code inserted by the Beladen injection has dropped significantly.
FBI sting busts 56 for buying, selling stolen credit card data 

FBI sting busts 56 for buying, selling stolen credit card data

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 17 October 2008 9:53 AM
Fifty-six people have been arrested in connection with an undercover FBI operation that posed as an online forum for trading stolen credit card numbers.
Prices for stolen information plummet 

Prices for stolen information plummet

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 10 October 2008 9:48 AM
The black-market price for stolen credit and debit card details has dropped to as little as US$1.50, according to a newspaper investigation.
Stolen McCain party laptop had minimal data safeguards 

Stolen McCain party laptop had minimal data safeguards

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 7 October 2008 9:49 AM
A laptop containing "strategic" GOP data was stolen from the Kansas City field office for Sen. John McCain -- but the machine lacked encryption.
Stolen SSH keys used for attacks 

Stolen SSH keys used for attacks

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 29 August 2008 9:43 AM
Linux keys harvested by hackers.
Best Western insists massive database wasn't stolen 

Best Western insists massive database wasn't stolen

In Risk - By Egan Orion, 27 August 2008 8:36 AM
An article that appeared in last weekend's Glasgow Sunday Herald claiming personal information belonging to eight million travellers had been winkled has been denounced.
ATM hackers net millions using stolen information 

ATM hackers net millions using stolen information

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 20 June 2008 10:33 AM
A unique breach of bank information has hit one of the world's largest banks.
Stolen credit card portal uncovered 

Stolen credit card portal uncovered

In Risk - By Robert Jaques, 27 March 2008 9:51 AM
Security experts have discovered an underground exchange promoting the sale of fraudulent credit card data with guarantees and volume discounts for large-scale fraudsters..
Deloitte partner, principal confidential information on stolen laptop 

Deloitte partner, principal confidential information on stolen laptop

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 17 December 2007 9:30 AM
A laptop containing the personal information of an undisclosed number of Deloitte & Touche partners, principals and other employees was stolen while in possession of a ...
Stolen Gap laptop exposes 800,000 job applicants 

Stolen Gap laptop exposes 800,000 job applicants

In Risk - 2 October 2007 11:59 AM
Clothing giant Gap has admitted that a notebook containing unencrypted details of around 800,000 job applicants has been stolen from one its vendors.
Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary 

Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 29 August 2007 10:52 AM
The burglary of a US prisoners of war (POW) support group's offices has netted thieves the personal information, including addresses and Social Security numbers, of more than ...
Monster takes down ‘pirate' server with stolen user information 

Monster takes down ‘pirate' server with stolen user information

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 24 August 2007 10:40 AM
Monster.com, the online recruitment website that suffered a data breach triggered by the Infostealer.Monstres trojan, said it has closed a "pirate" server housing the personal ...
Thousands of Monster.com user details stolen 

Thousands of Monster.com user details stolen

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 22 August 2007 7:46 AM
The employment website Monster.com has suffered a malware attack with the personal details of hundreds of thousands of users stolen, according to Symantec.
Terrorist database stolen in raid was encrypted, police confirm 

Terrorist database stolen in raid was encrypted, police confirm

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 14 August 2007 1:32 PM
Thieves have stolen a computer database from a company that specialises in gathering evidence from mobile phone networks to help police track suspected terrorists.
SecureWorks finds stolen data cache, variants of Prg trojan 

SecureWorks finds stolen data cache, variants of Prg trojan

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 27 June 2007 11:07 AM
Researchers at SecureWorks have discovered several caches of stolen data containing the personal and financial information of 10,000 corporate and home PC users, as well as new ...
UK retailer Marks & Spencer employee details stolen 

UK retailer Marks & Spencer employee details stolen

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 9 May 2007 9:52 AM
Thousands of employees at Marks & Spencer are demanding answers after being told they may be at risk of identity fraud following the theft of a company laptop.
Unknown number of victims in Hortica Insurance backup tape loss 

Unknown number of victims in Hortica Insurance backup tape loss

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 10 April 2007 9:54 AM
An unknown number of clients of the Florists' Mutual Insurance Company had their personal information lost when a locked shipping case containing magnetic backup tapes was ...
Stolen laptop in UK contains details of 11,000 children 

Stolen laptop in UK contains details of 11,000 children

In Crypto - 28 March 2007 12:25 PM
UK's Nottingham Primary Care Trust (NPCT) has admitted that "several laptops" have been stolen, one of which contains information on about 11,000 young children.
Thousands of UK's Halifax customer details stolen 

Thousands of UK's Halifax customer details stolen

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 28 March 2007 12:12 AM
Thousands of Halifax customer details have been stolen following the theft of a briefcase from an employee's car last week.
Stolen data from major US retailer used in credit card fraud ring 

Stolen data from major US retailer used in credit card fraud ring

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 22 March 2007 3:00 AM
A multimillion-dollar state-wide credit card scam has been uncovered in the US, six arrested and four warrants have been issued.
Symantec Report: Stolen data market is thriving 

Symantec Report: Stolen data market is thriving

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 20 March 2007 3:51 AM
Criminals are using underground economy servers to sell stolen information, including credit and debit cards, PIN numbers and user account details, according to the latest ...
Nationwide fined for stolen laptop 

Nationwide fined for stolen laptop

In Crypto - By Fiona Raisbeck, 15 February 2007 12:11 AM
The Nationwide Building Society of UK has been fined almost £1 million ($2.5 million) for security breaches after a laptop was stolen from an employee's home last year.
Major US clothing retailer hacked potentially affecting millions 

Major US clothing retailer hacked potentially affecting millions

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 18 January 2007 5:40 PM
A major clothing retailer announced Wednesday that hackers accessed its network and stole an unknown amount of credit card information.
Police laptops' containing sensitive information stolen 

Police laptops' containing sensitive information stolen

In Crypto - By Fiona Raisbeck, 23 November 2006 9:05 AM
Three laptop computers containing the payroll details for the Metropolitan Police Service in London have been stolen.
Stolen laptop triggers security investigation  

Stolen laptop triggers security investigation

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 14 November 2006 4:01 PM
A laptop computer containing sensitive customer data was stolen from the home of an employee of UK based company Nationwide, triggering an investigation by financial regulators,...
Customer data stolen at Indian call centres 

Customer data stolen at Indian call centres

By Fiona Raisbeck, 4 October 2006 5:20 PM
Employees in outsourced call centres are stealing sensitive customer data and selling it on the black market, an investigation has found.
Two Navy laptops with recruit information stolen 

Two Navy laptops with recruit information stolen

By Frank Washkuch, 31 July 2006 10:46 PM
Two laptops containing the personal information of 31,000 U.S. Navy recruits and applicants were stolen in the past two months from recruiting stations in New Jersey.
Inspector general: VA response to stolen laptop rife with errors 

Inspector general: VA response to stolen laptop rife with errors

By Dan Kaplan, 12 July 2006 9:14 PM
The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) response to the stolen laptop that contained the personal information of some 26 million veterans and current military personnel was ...
Personal information of 970,000 AIG customers stolen 

Personal information of 970,000 AIG customers stolen

By Dan Kaplan, 15 June 2006 10:43 PM
Insurance provider American International Group (AIG) said Wednesday that the personal and medical information of nearly 1 million potential customers was placed at risk for ...
Ernst & Young laptop, Hotels.com customer info, stolen 

Ernst & Young laptop, Hotels.com customer info, stolen

By Dan Kaplan, 2 June 2006 10:04 PM
More than 240,000 Hotels.com customers are at risk for identity theft after an unencrypted laptop containing their personal information was stolen from the locked car of an ...
So much stolen data, so little time 

So much stolen data, so little time

By Frank Washkuch, 12 December 2005 9:49 PM
Data breaches have, so far, been rarely used for financial fraud, a new study on recent incidents has shown.
Millions stolen in Japanese spyware heist 

Millions stolen in Japanese spyware heist

By David Quainton, 22 July 2005 11:19 AM
Nearly 10 million Yen ($91,000) has been robbed from Japanese bank accounts due to a ‘Spyware bug’.
Computers containing patient information stolen 

Computers containing patient information stolen

By Marcia Savage, 8 April 2005 11:50 PM
A California medical group is notifying patients that they may be at risk of identity theft after burglars stole two computers containing their personal information.
U.C. Berkeley laptop with personal data of 98,000 stolen  

U.C. Berkeley laptop with personal data of 98,000 stolen

By Marcia Savage, 29 March 2005 9:26 PM
Police at the University of California at Berkeley are investigating the theft of a laptop that contained names and Social Security numbers of more than 98,000 graduate ...
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