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Another day, another report of a security breach, this latest one affecting Wendy's, a nationwide chain of fast food restaurants. Wendy's has hired a security firm to help investigate claims that someone hacked its systems, a decision the chain made after being alerted to potential credit card fraud tracing back to some of the chain's locations. "We have received this month from our payment industry contacts reports of unusual activity involving payment cards at some of our restaurant locations," Wendy's spokesperson Bob Bertini told KrebsOnSecurity. "Reports indicate that fraudulent charges may have occurred elsewhere after the cards were legitimately used at some of our restaurants. We’ve hired...
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These days, the old "when, not if" saying applies to websites getting hacked just as much as it does for the likelihood of getting into a car accident. LivingSocial is the latest site to fall victim to an attack, but the Amazon-backed company has clearly learned from the mistakes of others and rushed to get out in front of the issue. Anyone visiting the site right now is greeted with a message that encourages users to change their passwords and links to a page that goes into detail about the attack. Customers have also received emails from LivingSocial. Notice anything different about LivingSocial's main page? The site is going out of its way to alert customers that it has been breached. Although...
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