by admin | Jan 30, 2015 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The German website Heise is reporting that 1,800 accounts of the popular online video game Minecraft were hacked, however, as a spokesman for Mojang, the developer of Minecraft was quick to point out, it was not the computers and data of Mojang that were hacked and...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 2, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Cybersecurity security company, Symantec has uncovered a vast hacking of hundreds of oil and gas companies in the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey and Poland. The hacking appears to be the work of a group of Russian hackers referred to by Symantec...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 22, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Arts and Crafts store Michaels recently issued a new report telling us all what we already knew, which was that between May 8, 2013 and February 27, 2014, Michaels and a subsidiary named Aaron Brothers were hacked by cybercriminals who stole credit and debit card...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 8, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Sally Beauty Holdings, a multi-billion dollar beauty products retailer with 3,300 stores around the world including 2,600 in the United States has announced that it has suffered a security breach which appears to have compromised the credit cards and debit cards of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 13, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Earlier this week PayPal President David Marcus disclosed that his credit card was hacked and used for fraudulent purchases. Although it has not yet been precisely determined where his card was hacked, it is known that the security breach did not occur as a result of...