Panera and Saks grab the headlines. But amid data leaks the lures for the bad guys go far beyond the credit card number. Names, addresses and emails give ammunition for phishing ploys that can compromise firms as harried, multi-tasking employees provide entry points, as Cofense...
Everyone talks about moving to the cloud, and doing so can certainly deliver benefits in a contact center environment. It creates ease of scalability and heightens the security of callers’ personally identifiable information (PII) against external threat actors, such as fraudsters, as well as internal...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two founders of a cryptocurrency company for an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that raised more than $32 million. Their firm, Centra Tech Inc., had been promoted by boxer Floyd Mayweather in a tweet, CNBC...
The industry and public were still reeling from the data breach that hit Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor last week when another major breach stole the spotlight, this time at Panera Bread. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Panera revealed the data of millions of customers for eight months or more before removing it from the bakery restaurant’s website Monday (April 2), reported KrebsOnSecurity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is going after another company raising money via an initial coin offering, charging Centra Tech, a Miami-based startup, with scamming investors out of $32 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Equifax, the credit reporting company still suffering the aftermath of a massive data breach last fall, has confirmed it sent out notification letters to victims that are erroneous. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Facebook, reeling from the data scandal brought on by Cambridge Analytica, is rushing to add more protection to users’ data, readying a certification tool that would require marketers to guarantee that the email addresses they are using to target ads were collected in proper ways....
Retailer Hudson’s Bay has disclosed that customers at Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America have had their payment cards compromised. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
