Either the hacking activity has increased this year, or maybe the companies are being more honest about public disclosures.
DQ: A spokesman for Dairy Queen has confirmed that the company recently heard from the U.S. Secret Service about “suspicious activity” related to a strain of card-stealing malware found in hundreds of other retail intrusions.
[update 11-Oct-14] DQ has confirmed the breach at 395 stores
Home Depot: The latest victim of Russian hackers specializing in point-of-sale (POS) theft appears to be the venerable do-it-yourself store, Home Depot. A large cache of credit- and debit-card information, dubbed ‘American Sanctions,’ has appeared ...
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