Marriott International discloses its second security incident affecting 5.2 million guests

A security breach has exposed the personal information of more than 5 million guests that found comfort at the Marriott Bonvoy Hotel, according to an incident notification issued by Marriott yesterday. What Happened? In a statement, the company said gu… Continue reading Marriott International discloses its second security incident affecting 5.2 million guests

Data breach at online guitar lesson platform may have exposed user credit card information

TrueFire, a leading online guitar-tutoring platform, has suffered a “Magecart-style” security incident that may have exposed customers’ personal identifiable information and credit card numbers. The facts The data breach was discovere… Continue reading Data breach at online guitar lesson platform may have exposed user credit card information

Data breach: U.S. retailer J.Crew reveals 2019 security incident to customers

J.Crew suffered a credential stuffing attack that may have compromised the personal data of customers, the U.S. clothing retailer disclosed earlier this week. Fraudulent activity was apparently noticed last spring, but the firm did not reveal the numbe… Continue reading Data breach: U.S. retailer J.Crew reveals 2019 security incident to customers

Loyalty program fraud targets 600,000 Tesco shopper accounts

U.K. supermarket giant Tesco has recently warned its loyalty program members of a security incident that may have affected over 600,000 Clubcard holders. “We are aware of some fraudulent activity around the redemption of a small proportion of our… Continue reading Loyalty program fraud targets 600,000 Tesco shopper accounts

Macy’s Says Security Incident Might Have Exposed Customers’ Data

Macy’s is notifying customers about a data security incident that might have exposed some of their personal and financial information. The American department chain store said that it first learned of the incident back in mid-October. At that tim… Continue reading Macy’s Says Security Incident Might Have Exposed Customers’ Data

Evite Reveals Security Incident Potentially Involving Unauthorized Access

Social-planning website Evite has revealed a security incident that potentially involved unauthorized access to its systems. Evite first became aware of the security incident back in April 2019. It responded by retaining a data forensics firm to launch… Continue reading Evite Reveals Security Incident Potentially Involving Unauthorized Access

Yikes! WeTransfer sends users’ files to the wrong people, says it doesn’t know what happened

In the most embarrassing security incident so far in 2019, file sharing service WeTransfer has sent users’ files to the wrong inboxes for at least a full day last week. Worse still, the company says it can’t figure out what happened. WeTran… Continue reading Yikes! WeTransfer sends users’ files to the wrong people, says it doesn’t know what happened