Pinkerton Insights Podcast

In the U.S. last week, Checker and Rally’s Restaurants company disclosed that hackers broke into their system, installed malware on their payments system, and stole the credit card information of its customers.  Information regarding Patrick Wardle of Digita Security’s discovery of a security bypass for macOS was made available last week.  As reported earlier this month, Quest Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory company located in the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, the U.K., and India, was hacked, possibly compromising the personal information of 12 million clients.  It was reported last week that Italy is risking a disciplinary procedure from the European Commission, due to its excessive public debt, budget deficit, and a non-committal response from its Economy Minister.  Last week, the Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation stated that Changan-Ford, the leading joint venture of the country, integrated by Ford Motor Company and Changan Automobile, would be fined 24 million dollars US for the violation of