One has to wonder when this sort of thing swill end. I say that because there apparently has been another hack that is bound to make some people very nervous. According to news.com, The UPS Store has been hacked:
The shipping and business services store announced Wednesday that 51 US stores in 24 states had been hacked via a malware intrusion on the store’s computer systems. The breach affected about 1 percent of all UPS Stores.
The company has determined that customers who used a credit or debit card at these stores between January 20, 2014, and August 11, 2014, could have been exposed to the breach. Private customer information that may have been leaked includes names, postal addresses, email addresses, and credit and debit card data.
The use of malware to get into and steal info from companies seems to be a trend on the upswing. A very bad trend. What’s worse is this:
The company became aware of the breach after the US government notified the chain it had discovered a “broad-based malware intrusion” in its system. The UPS Store hired an IT security firm to investigate further. This firm then located the malware in the 51 stores’ systems.
That meant that the company had no clue that they were in trouble. That fact is not to be ignored. The fact that someone else has to tell them that they were hacked shows that they really didn’t take IT security seriously. This is why I’ve always advocated for legislation that makes companies accountable when this sort of thing happens. If such legislation existed, then companies would have a major incentive to take IT security seriously.
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UPS Stores Get Hacked And Credit Card Data Possibly Stolen
One has to wonder when this sort of thing swill end. I say that because there apparently has been another hack that is bound to make some people very nervous. According to news.com, The UPS Store has been hacked:
The shipping and business services store announced Wednesday that 51 US stores in 24 states had been hacked via a malware intrusion on the store’s computer systems. The breach affected about 1 percent of all UPS Stores.
The company has determined that customers who used a credit or debit card at these stores between January 20, 2014, and August 11, 2014, could have been exposed to the breach. Private customer information that may have been leaked includes names, postal addresses, email addresses, and credit and debit card data.
The use of malware to get into and steal info from companies seems to be a trend on the upswing. A very bad trend. What’s worse is this:
The company became aware of the breach after the US government notified the chain it had discovered a “broad-based malware intrusion” in its system. The UPS Store hired an IT security firm to investigate further. This firm then located the malware in the 51 stores’ systems.
That meant that the company had no clue that they were in trouble. That fact is not to be ignored. The fact that someone else has to tell them that they were hacked shows that they really didn’t take IT security seriously. This is why I’ve always advocated for legislation that makes companies accountable when this sort of thing happens. If such legislation existed, then companies would have a major incentive to take IT security seriously.
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