Citibank confirmed on Wednesday that it had become the victim of a hacker attack that resulted in the theft of customer data. Account numbers, contact information and customer names for 1% of Citi’s 21.2 million North American customers were stolen. The attack was discovered in early May during routine maintenance, but Citi did not confess to it until it was put through the wringer by the Financial Times.

After the PSN/Qriosity hacks, the US House of Representatives asked Sony to answer a few questions. The company wouldn’t send someone in person, but today it did release a letter from Chairman Kazuo Hirai regarding the situation. The letter explained a few things we knew already, and details a file planted in the system. According more »

Even after the press conference on Sunday, Sony has a few things to clear up regarding the PSN and Qriosity hacks. In yet another blog post by Patrick Seybold, we’re reassured that some of the worst parts of the attacks aren’t as bad as we may have thought. In his post, Seybold claims that there more »

Three brothers were convicted in a London court for their parts in a fraud operation that revolved around stealing credit and debit card numbers and making fake cards to use them with. Ahmed Charmaga received 4 and a half years in prison, while his brothers Mahmoud and Mohammed received 5 and 2 and a half more »

Credit card companies cannot get cards to kids even though they would love to. However, BillMyParents.com is kind of a bridge that may let kids use their parents’ credit cards indirectly. How does it work? The kid without a credit card goes to the BillMyParents site and then goes shopping. The site works with Amazon, more »