Tag Archives: POS

Juul will require retailers to scan IDs before selling its vapes

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By May 2021, anyone looking to purchase a Juul e-cig will have to have their ID scanned. Juul announced today that it will soon require all retailers to use an updated point-of-sale (POS) system. When Juul products are scanned, the POS will prompt th...

Did Target Malware Teen Take A Piece Of The Pie?

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Security firm IntelCrawler has released evidence supporting the identity of the programmer behind the BlackPOS malware that infected Target and other major U.S. retailers as the 17-year-old Russian...
    






Actually Two Attacks In One, Target Breach Affected 70 to 110 Million Customers

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The latest reports from Reuters indicate that six additional large U.S. retailers have ongoing point of sale (POS) data breaches that have been reported to law enforcement but not yet made public....
    






The Target Data Breach Is Becoming A Nightmare

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Over the past month, details about the breadth of the Target data breach have continued to emerge.  It’s not a pretty story.  Bad enough when it appeared that through some means, hackers had gotten...
    






Questions and answers about Obama’s new NSA rules

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Questions and answers about Obama's plan to rein in NSA snooping on phone records and emails WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ordering changes to spy programs that sweep up...
    






Researchers Report Exact Timeline Of Massive Target Data Breach

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Following yesterday’s identification by Brian Krebs of the exact malware used in last year’s Target personal data breach, the research lab at Seculert analyzed a sample of the malware and describes...
    






For Obama, NSA review a quest for public trust

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For Obama, NSA review a quest to regain public trust in surveillance operations WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with Edward Snowden's first leaks about the government's sweeping surveillance...
    






Judge to Apple: Reboot relationship with monitor

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NY judge says Apple's opposition to e-books monitor proves the wisdom of his appointment NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday urged Apple to reboot its relationship with a monitor...