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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Zaxby's in Berkeley Lake Included in Potential Security Breach

The Peachtree Industrial Boulevard store was among the stores where malware was found on computers. The program could have been used to export customer names and credit and debit card numbers, officials say.

Zaxby's is warning customers of a potential security breach that may have resulted in unauthorized access to credit and debit card information. Certain licensed locations have identified suspicious files on their system which "have been identified by credit card processing companies as common points of purchase for some fraudulent activity." The Zaxby's located at 4850 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Berkeley Lake is among the affected locations. According to a statement released by Zaxby's, the restaurant chain has notified the appropriate authorities and will continue to cooperate with the investigation.  "During the course of its forensic investigation, Zaxby's Franchising, Inc. identified some suspicious files, including malware, on …

Sunday, October 14, 2012

UGA Investigates Security Breach

Hackers had access to Social Securitiy numbers and names of current and past employees.

The University of Georgia is notifying about 8,500 employees, both current and former ones, that their personal records may have been hacked. According to a university press release, officials are investigating "a criminal act of computer trespass” by an intruder, according to UGA Vice President for Information Technology Timothy Chester. The initial hacking may have happened as early as Sept. 28. The investigation began Oct. 1 after officials learned that someone reset the MyID passwords of two UGA employees, both of whom work in sensitive information technology positions. The hackers then used those accounts to gain access to personnel data. “This appears to us to be a planned intrusion by someone who knew enough about our operations to …

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