by Admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Online Fraud, Recent Articles
One of the hackers involved in stealing data connected to 57 million Uber users in 2016 was located in Canada. The ride-hailing company revealed the hacker reached out to the company in November 2016, asking for a “six-figure payment,” but it was an...
by Admin | Jan 23, 2018 | Cybercrime, Recent Articles
Police are investigating a new data breach at Bell Canada, which says hackers have illegally obtained customer information, primarily subscriber names and e-mail addresses. BCE Inc.-owned Bell confirmed Tuesday that up to 100,000 customers were affected by the hack,...
by Admin | Dec 31, 2017 | Corporate Frauds, Featured
If you shopped at a Forever 21 store this year, there’s a chance your credit card information may have been stolen, CNET reports. The retail store confirmed this week that between April 3rd and November 18th of this year, a number of point of sale terminals at...
by Admin | Dec 28, 2017 | Featured, Recent Articles
Nissan Canada Finance notified 1.13 million customers on Thursday of a data breach impacting an unspecified number of past and present customers. The breach occurred on Dec. 11, 2017 when an unidentified third-party gained access to customer name, address, vehicle...
by Admin | Dec 15, 2017 | Featured, Financial Fraud
When news broke that controversial car-hailing service, Uber, admitted to a breach of company security that amounted to stolen customer data, nobody was seriously surprised. Even when it came to light that Uber reportedly paid the hackers $100,000 to destroy the...