Hackers Take Limo Service Firm for a Ride

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/11/hackers-take-limo-service-firm-for-a-ride/

By Brian Krebs
Krebs on Security
Nov 4, 2013

A hacker break in at a U.S. company that brokers reservations for 
limousine and Town Car services nationwide has exposed the personal and 
financial information on more than 850,000 well-heeled customers, 
including Fortune 500 CEOs, lawmakers, and A-list celebrities.

The high-value data cache was found on the same servers where hackers 
stashed information stolen from PR Newswire, as well as huge troves of 
source code data lifted from Adobe Systems Inc. — suggesting that the same 
attacker(s) may have been involved in all three compromises.

In this case, the name on the file archive reads “CorporateCarOnline.” 
That name matches a company based in Kirkwood, Missouri which bills itself 
as “the leading provider of on-demand software management solutions for 
the limousine and ground transportation industry.”

I reached out several times over almost two weeks seeking comment from 
CorporateCarOnline.com. At length, I reached owner Dan Leonard, who seemed 
to know what I was calling about, but declined to discuss the matter, 
saying only that “I’d prefer not to talk to anybody about that.”

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