Unfortunately, another high-profile data breach has surfaced. The latest company to fall victim is US-based fashion retailer Forever 21, operating more than 800 stores in 57 countries. The company became aware of the breach when they were notified of "unauthorized access to data from payment cards that were used at certain Forever 21 store locations." The investigation into the incident is ongoing, and we don't have full details yet, but here's what we know so far: • Although the … Read more
Black Friday Brings Major Increase In Fraud
Retailers are gearing up for the year's busiest shopping weekend, which runs from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, but another group is also gearing up. Scammers. Security experts are warning that retailers should brace for impact because the best estimates are that there could be as many as fifty million fraud-based attacks between those spectacularly busy shopping days. The estimate is higher than it's ever been and is driven in large part by the sheer number of high profile data … Read more
