Category Archives: Hacks

More on Wikileaks and Operation Payback

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

Wikileaks and Operation Payback: There could be additional fallout on credit cards, VoIP telephone services and general web and e-mail traffic as well. Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks and Operation Payback

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

Wednesday had a more serious than usual cyber-war going on. Here’s what we know so far. Continue reading →

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US Bank concealed a data breach?

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

An on-line merchants is alleging an undisclosed data breach and suing US Bank because they got chargebacks totaling $11,259.91. Continue reading →

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Fraud Spree points to merchant security

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

All the evidence so far points to an entity or two or a bunch that probably were not PCI compliant. Continue reading →

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Hackers waiting for IP addresses to run out

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

As if e-Commerce didn’t have enough to worry about, security experts are predicting a new problem on the horizon. Continue reading →

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