PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Gas station and convenience store chain Wawa said it discovered a data breach in which thousands of customers’ debit and credit card information was stolen, according to a report by CNBC. Wawa said its team stopped the breach on Dec. Wawa isn’t the only large company to be affected by a data breach recently.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Home improvement startup Houzz revealed that it suffered a data breach. The company said in a FAQ on its website that the breach was discovered in late December 2018, and that “a file containing some of our user data was obtained by an unauthorized third party.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Multiple lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in Philadelphia over a data breach at Wawa convenience stores, which affected 850 locations along the East Coast of the U.S., Wawa recently came forward with information that it found malware on its payment processing servers, and that it stopped the breach on Dec.

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JULY 12, 2020

Delivery startup Dunzo , India’s food and grocery delivery service backed Google , has suffered a data breach, The News Minute reported. The company’s databases were compromised including users’ contact details and email addresses. Dunzo has launched an internal investigation, the online news service reported.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 27, 2024

In a recent development that has raised concerns across the education sector, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has confirmed a significant data breach involving student information. Data put on sale On June 18, Sp1d3r posted snippets of the data it stole on a hacking forum and began selling the data for $150,000.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

In this context, the House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence met earlier this month to discuss the rising threat of small business cyberattacks, the role of technology in combatting it, and the potential for regulation to address security risks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Newegg, the electronics retailer, was reportedly the victim of a data breach that lasted a month. The hackers sent credit card data to a service controlled by them, noted the report. Newegg isn’t the only retailer to fall victim to a data breach. 14 through Sept.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Reportedly, an unauthorized third party stole data associated with the more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts back in 2013. This billion-user figure means this newest hack is the largest data breach in the digital era. billion buyout of its core assets, said it would review the impact of the latest breach.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

The first class action lawsuit against Exactis has been filed in response to the company’s massive data breach that exposed the private information of more than 200 million U.S. Keller is also co-lead counsel in the recent Equifax data breach class action. consumers and 110 million business contacts.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 7, 2024

Implicit trust and the abundance of vulnerabilities in outdated security systems can lead to exposed IP addresses, the proliferation of spyware and other malware, and other security risks. As businesses become more digital, their vulnerability to cybersecurity threats like data breaches and ransomware attacks also rises.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

After Macy’s cyber tools detected suspicious logins on June 11, the retailer is warning customers about a data breach. While Macy’s blocked the profiles that it believes to have been compromised, the retailer is asking customers to “remain vigilant.” The website Orbitz.com was not impacted.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2018

Another retailer has been hit with a data breach. The data breach impacted one-half of one-percent of customers who were registered on Macys.com or Bloomingdales.com, spokeswoman Blair Rosenberg said Tuesday (July 10), according to Bloomberg. “We Macy’s is just the latest retailer to be hit with a data breach.

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Fintech News

MAY 27, 2024

The Evolving Fraud Landscape APAC has seen a significant uptick in corporate data breaches, profoundly impacting fintech companies. As per IBM Security’s report, APAC bore the highest average cost of a data breach globally, averaging US$3.24 million in 2021.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is that 68 percent of those breaches took months for the breached companies to discover. According to early reports, the data breach impacted 0.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Canadian lender Desjardins Group revealed that it has been the victim of a data breach that could impact more than 2.9 The compromised data includes first and last name, date of birth, social insurance number, address, phone number, email address and details about customer banking habits and Desjardins products.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

Air Canada, the Canadian airline operator, confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday (August 29) that its mobile app suffered a data breach. According to news from the site, Air Canada said the data breach of its mobile app affected approximately 20,000 people — or about 1 percent of the 1.7 million people who use the app.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In what may be among the largest data breaches in history, Marriott International said Friday morning (Nov. 30) that as many as 500 million guests’ data was accessed, tied to a breach of the Starwood hotel guest reservation database. “We fell short of what our guests deserve and what we expect of ourselves.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

Another day, another (possible) data breach: Adidas revealed that it has come under attack from cybercriminals looking to steal personal information. The breach could potentially affect millions of customers, who were notified on Thursday (June 28) about the incident on the Adidas U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

Reports of data breaches and cyberattacks are serious, but what happens when those claims are untrue? According to Krebs on Security , last week, several identity theft protection companies incorrectly named Dropbox as the source of a data breach that compromised nearly 73 million usernames and passwords.

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FICO

AUGUST 31, 2017

While data breaches and ransomware grab the headlines, we’re still seeing fraud growth due to ATM compromises in the US. The number of POS device and ATM compromises rose 21 percent in the same period. As criminals try to beat the system, we are continually adapting the predictive analytics we use to detect compromises.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

When a company is hit with a data breach that leads to the leak of consumer information, the event will make headlines. Not so much, however, when a breach results in the compromise of sensitive corporate data, like information on M&A plans or intellectual property. ” An Innovative Future. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

27) for the data breach in 2016 that impacted millions of users. Meanwhile, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Uber $678,780. The fines stem from a data breach in 2016 in which the names, mobile phone numbers and email addresses of 57 million users around the globe were compromised.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Messaging app Telegram said a data breach has exposed a database containing the personal information of millions of users, according to a Cointelgraph report. Data breaches have not slowed during the pandemic. The company introduced new measures for privacy in response, letting users hide their phone number from everyone.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

mobile phone and electronics retailer, disclosed on Tuesday (July 31) an update on a data breach in which it found unauthorized access in the past to some of its data. The company noted there is evidence that data was taken off its servers, but that those records didn’t contain payment card or bank account details.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Customers’ data is transmitted to various parties when their cards are used at checkout and many hackers seek to compromise these communication flows to steal details. Lackluster PCI compliance brings unnecessary risks to the payments landscape, but partnerships and technological support could address this problem.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

Timehop , the mobile app that gathers photos from social media, disclosed on Monday (July 9) that it was the subject of a data breach. In a blog post, the company said that on July 4 it experienced a network intrusion that led to a breach of some of its customers’ data.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2019

Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain, said that data from upwards of 460,000 customer accounts was compromised by hackers from April 23 to May 10, according to a report by CNBC. Hackers obtained names, addresses and contact details for the customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Data breaches are becoming more common these days, and it doesn’t matter which country the company resides in. That’s the case with the latest breach, which reportedly happened to Three UK, the U.K. Three confirmed the breach to The Telegraph. mobile network operator. Three has around 8.8

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APRIL 5, 2018

Sears, the department store operator, and Delta Air Lines, the airline operator, disclosed Wednesday (April 4) that payment information of some of their customers could have been exposed as part of a data breach at [24]7.ai, The data, according to the report, was searchable by different categories including loyalty account number.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The Radisson Hotel Group suffered a data breach that impacted its loyalty and rewards program customers, reported ZDNet. ZDNet noted Radisson Hotel Group said no financial data or passwords were impacted by the breach.

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Fi911

MAY 7, 2024

In certain circumstances, such as excessive chargebacks, data breaches, fraudulent activities, or violation of regulations, a merchant’s account may be terminated. Consequences of Being Added to the TMF The effects of being listed on the TMF are extensive and can severely compromise a business’s operations.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

In the Uber case, the company withdrew a subpoena over a data breach incident that reportedly had been attached to an internet address for Lyft’s CTO, according to court filings. As a result of the breach, Uber said that up to 50,000 of its drivers’ names and license numbers had been compromised.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2017

The company believes that exposure of cardholder data that could be used to create counterfeit cards – including names, addresses, emails and Social Security numbers – was limited, but some credit card numbers may have been compromised. 28, 2016, and April 14, 2017. Those who may have been affected will be notified.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

In a post on its website, Instacart said its investigation concluded the San Francisco-based company was not compromised. It appears that third-party bad actors were able to use usernames and passwords that were compromised in previous data breaches of other websites and apps to login to some Instacart accounts,” Instacart wrote. “In

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

A web page to which some customers were pointed states that the stolen data “may have included phone number, number of lines subscribed to on your account and, in some cases, call-related information collected as part of the normal operation of your wireless service.”. T-Mobile previously suffered a data breach in March.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 3, 2024

Using an organisation as an unwitting Trojan Horse is far easier than directly compromising a major company with a fully staffed Security Operations Center and several layers of security controls. Organisations are still addressing the repercussions of the breach, with projected costs exceeding $65billion.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) is the latest victim of a data security breach at the billing collections service American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). CPL learned of the breach involving the AMCA payment website after being contacted by the company. million LabCorp customers were compromised. Days later, 7.7

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