Dow Jones & Co. discloses breach, incident likely related to Scottrade

The writer of a given Wall Street Journal said its testimonial hadn’t bare any “point concrete facts” that in fact data was at carjacked so that it had made actions to quit the breach.

What the investigation has revealed thus far is the possible compromise of “payment card and contact information of fewer than 3,500 individuals” who could have been accessed, according to statement. Today, Dow Jones admitted to being the victim of a data breach, though the impact of the breach is not all that widespread.

Lewis’ lettersaid there is no evidence any information has been stolen. Additionally, he stated that the incident was “likely part of a broader campaign involving a number of other victim companies”. But the CEO warned that the focus of the attack appears to have been to obtain “contact information such as names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers of current and former subscribers in order to send fraudulent solicitations”. The company is owned by News Corp and produces The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch, and other products.

Lewis said law enforcement recentlywarned Dow Jones of the breach, which the company hasbeen investigating since late July. Once again, the attackers were targeting contact information. An investigation into the breach is ongoing. Target has approved to compensate the thousands of financial institutions for millions of dollars of costs incurred from the 2013 data breach.

Dow Jones notified individuals whose information may be vulnerable. As was the case with Dow Jones, Scottrade wasn’t aware of any problems prior to law enforcement notification.