Financial Times |
Sage employee arrested over data breach
Financial Times The data breach that hit Sage Group may have been conducted by an employee of the business and not external hackers after a 32-year-old worker from the company was arrested at Heathrow. The City of London Police said they had detained a female … Sage Group employee arrested on fraud charge Sage employee arrested in fraud probe |
Los Angeles Times |
Hotels in Pasadena, San Diego among those hit in data breach
Los Angeles Times An undisclosed number of people who used credit cards at 20 Hyatt, Sheraton, Marriott, Westin and other hotels in California, nine other states and the District of Columbia may have had their cards compromised as a result of hack of the hotels' payment … Tampa hotel hit by data breach Westshore area hotel hit by data breach Data Breach Impacts 20 Properties From Major Hotel Chains |
Telegraph.co.uk |
Software provider Sage hit by data breach
Telegraph.co.uk The details of employees at around 280 businesses may have been compromised after software company Sage Group suffered a data breach. The FTSE 100 company said today that it was investigating an incident of “unauthorised access to customer … Sage raises the alarm after client data breach Sage data breach may impact hundreds of business customers Sage data breach underlines insider threat |
Online accounting software company Sage has suffered a data breach, putting the details of a “small number” of its UK and Irish business customers at risk.
As the company briefly noted on its website:
We believe there has been some unauthorised access using an internal login to the data of a small number of our UK customers so we are working closely with the authorities to investigate the situation.
Our customers are always our first priority so we are communicating directly with those who may be affected and giving guidance on measures they can take to protect their security.
If you have any concerns at all, you can reach us on the following contact details:
The dedicated helpline number is 0845 145 3345 – please leave a message with your details and we will get back to you as soon as we can. You can also get in touch with us by emailing us at [email protected].
Richard De Vere of the AntiSocial Engineer posted this weekend providing further information and commentary, saying that the “personal details and bank account information for employees of as many as 300 large UK companies may have been compromised.”
De Vere went on to warn of the risks of insider threats to all businesses:
“An insider threat can strike any business, Sage have an industry leading product that is secure as many cloud providers are these days. The problem isn’t with Sage, but in how companies manage these insider risks.”
Sage says it has been contacting affected customers.