Feds Informed Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments of Security Breach A breach recently hit the Wooster-Ashland Regional Council of Governments (WARCOG). According to WKYC News, the FBI informed the Ohio police departments of the leak on Wednesday. Unfortunately, the exact number of people impacted by the breach is uncertain. However, officials are reporting, WARCOG is […]
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Hackers Breach the Buckle Stealing Payment Data for Approximately Six Months The national retail store, The Buckle, recently disclosed they were the victims of a security breach. The store’s point-of-sales (PoS) systems were compromised with malware, leaving consumer payment data up for grabs. It is unknown how many credit and debit cards were impacted by
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Burritos and Breaches Popular restaurant, Chipotle, has been a recent victim of a data breach. The restaurant reported almost all of their Chipotle locations were impacted, as well as their Pizzeria Locale eateries. Current reports are suggesting the breach was executed through the company’s point-of-sale (PoS) system. The information exposed included credit card numbers, expiration dates
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Investigation into Chipotle Breach Continues On April 25, 2017, Chipotle made a public statement explaining their payment systems had been breached. Since it is early into the investigation, the entire impact of the breach remains unknown. According to WTKR News, this is what had been confirmed, Unauthorized activity was found within the restaurant’s network, which
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Select Restaurants Inc. Breached A little over a month ago, Select Restaurants Inc. was notified by their point-of-sales (PoS) system that there had been a breach. The breach compromised the credit and debit card data held by the company. Select Restaurants Inc. is not releasing the number of payment files that have been breached, nor
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Home Depot – The Aftermath of 2014 Breach In 2014, Home Depot experienced one of the largest security breaches in history. The company is still working out settlements to clear up the matter, but have made a step in the right direction. Fortune recently disclosed Home Depot settled with dozens of banking institutions for 25 million
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Payment Processing Giant Breached Verifone, a major player in the payment processing industry, recently suffered a data breach. The breach took place in January of 2017. In initial reports, the company stated the impact of the breach was minimal, and effected internal company systems only. Meaning none of their Point of Sales (PoS) systems were
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CloudPets Breached Leaving 820k Users Exposed The children’s toy, CloudPets, has been breached, leaving 820,000 users exposed. This led to an estimated 2.2 million voice recordings between parents and their children being leaked. What is most shocking is just how avoidable this data breach was. According to Troy Hunt, the platform the toy used, MongoDB, did
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Thousands of Sites Impacted by Cloudflare Breach Cloudflare, a popular content delivery network, was recently breached. This breach impacted 3,400 websites, including popular sites such as Fitbit and Uber. A full list of impacted websites has not been released. Cloudflare has made a public statement on their blog, “The bug was serious because the leaked memory
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You may have heard about the recent security breach that impacted fast food giant, Arby’s. The hackers were able to gain access to Arby’s systems and obtain an estimated 350,000 credit card numbers from customers who visited the restaurant chain from October 2016 to January 2017. Last year, Wendy’s, another major fast food chain, was hit with a breach
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