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Data breach hits national noodle chain, including Houston locations
Houston Business Journal (Nasdaq: NDLS) is the latest retailer to report a data breach, and all three of its Houston locations were among those affected. Credit or debt cards used at the fast-casual restaurant chain between Jan. 31 and June 2 could have been compromised … |
As the old cybersecurity adage states, ‘the cybersecurity chain is only as strong as its weakest link.’ Smart CISOs also understand that the proverbial weak link may actually be out of their control.
U.S. retailer Target certainly experienced this lack of cybersecurity control in 2013. The now infamous Target data breach that exposed the personal information of 110 million people began with a spear phishing attack on one of the company’s HVAC contractors, Fazio Mechanical of Sharpsburg, PA. Cyber-criminals compromised a Fazio Mechanical system, gained credentialed access to Target, and proceeded to wreak havoc on Target’s data, customers, and reputation.
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Credit card hackers are said to have targeted a number of hotels, possibly as far back as February 2015.
Naked Security – Sophos
Seems the Internet enjoys funding whimsy: Last week it was potato salad; this week a record-breaking chain of temporary literary tattoos featuring every word of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
Danny Fein, CEO of Cambridge-based Litographs, explains the project in this short video, or you can read a description from the Kickstarter page right below.
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