Secure Credit Card Over Phone with Our New IVR Options
We are excited to introduce the latest upgrades to our Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system at HostedPCI. Designed to meet the evolving needs of our clients, our expanded IVR options now include the advanced IVR OmniFlow and SMS flow, tailored to enhance security and compliance for credit card transactions over the phone.
New Bank of Canada PSP Requirements: How HostedPCI Can Help
The Bank of Canada’s Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA) introduces mandatory registration for certain payment service providers (PSPs), setting higher standards for security and compliance.
Park’N Fly Data Breach Exposes Personal Info of 1 Million Customers
Park’N Fly, a prominent provider of off-airport parking services in Canada, recently announced a significant data breach affecting 1 million customers. The breach occurred after hackers obtained unauthorized access to Park’N Fly’s network through stolen VPN credentials between July 11 and July 13, 2024.
Major Data Leak at Dubai Taxi Company Affects Thousands
Dubai Taxi Company, a key player in UAE's transport sector, faced a severe data breach, compromising the personal information of over 220,000 users and drivers. An unsecured database led to the exposure of emails, phone numbers, and sensitive driver information. The company is actively investigating the breach and has assured stringent measures to bolster data security.
Data Breach of 815 Million People’s PII
The extensive personal data of over 815 million individuals in India has purportedly been compromised and made available on the internet. Hackers have allegedly put up for sale a vast array of personally identifiable information (PII), encompassing details from Aadhaar identity cards, which are critical identity documents in India.
Vulnerability in Apache Log4j library
This past Friday, a critical vulnerability in the Apache Log4j library was reported, the severity of this vulnerability was scaled at a level 10 out of 10. In the case of malicious exploitation of this vulnerability, it would leave an easy and open gate for an attacker to take full control over the system.
Major Amazon outage causes temporary internet frenzy
A major and unexpected outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network resulted in significant disruption to many businesses and services on Tuesday, Dec 7th. This outage impacted a large variety of businesses ranging from airline reservations, auto dealerships, payment applications, and streaming services.
Security Breach with Covid-19 Vaccine Portal
On Tuesday the OPP has announced that a government employee is one of the two people charged following an investigation into a security breach related to Ontario's COVID-19 immunization system.
TTC Cyber Breach
The Toronto Transit Commission was recently a target of a very large cyber breach which led to service shut down as well as compromised employee data. The ransomware attack was discovered by their IT team through unusual network activity, at that time the effect of the attack seemed very minimal but quickly took a turn by midday the next day.