Data Breaches - W/E - 2/8/19
Data Breach Impacts Huddle House Restaurant Chain (02/05/2019)
Payment cards used at the Huddle House restaurant chain have been breached but a third-party organization is to blame for the incident. According to a statement issued by the Atlanta-based chain, a third-party point-of-sale (PoS) vendor's data system was compromised by attackers who then implemented malware on Huddle House corporate and franchisee PoS systems. Anyone who used payment cards at a Huddle House location between August 1, 2017 and February 1, 2019 could be affected.
Payment cards used at the Huddle House restaurant chain have been breached but a third-party organization is to blame for the incident. According to a statement issued by the Atlanta-based chain, a third-party point-of-sale (PoS) vendor's data system was compromised by attackers who then implemented malware on Huddle House corporate and franchisee PoS systems. Anyone who used payment cards at a Huddle House location between August 1, 2017 and February 1, 2019 could be affected.
Houzz Home Design Site Warns Customers of Data Breach (02/04/2019)
Customers to home remodeling and design platform Houzz are receiving notifications about a data breach in which their personal information may have been affected. It is not known how many customers have been impacted, but Houzz issued an alert and noted that the breach was discovered in December. The company said it has engaged a forensics firm to assist in the investigation and instructed customers to reset their passwords. This incident does not affect sensitive personal information like Social Security numbers or payment card, bank account, or other financial information.
Customers to home remodeling and design platform Houzz are receiving notifications about a data breach in which their personal information may have been affected. It is not known how many customers have been impacted, but Houzz issued an alert and noted that the breach was discovered in December. The company said it has engaged a forensics firm to assist in the investigation and instructed customers to reset their passwords. This incident does not affect sensitive personal information like Social Security numbers or payment card, bank account, or other financial information.
Massive Cache of Data Came from Earlier Breaches (02/05/2019)
A massive trove of breached data that was first disclosed by security researcher Troy Hunt on January 17 has been analyzed by Recorded Future and found to contain information gleaned from prior data intrusions. The cache of 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords has been referred to as "Collection #1" by Hunt, but the data appears to have been gleaned from other data breaches that took place several years ago. Recorded Future identified an individual known as "C0rpz" as the creator and seller of the Collection #1 dump.
A massive trove of breached data that was first disclosed by security researcher Troy Hunt on January 17 has been analyzed by Recorded Future and found to contain information gleaned from prior data intrusions. The cache of 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords has been referred to as "Collection #1" by Hunt, but the data appears to have been gleaned from other data breaches that took place several years ago. Recorded Future identified an individual known as "C0rpz" as the creator and seller of the Collection #1 dump.