Third man associated with #Anonymous in Australia Pleads Guilty to Reduced...
CORRECTED: Adam Bennett, aka “Lorax,” was arrested in May, 2014, during the same time period that other members of Anonymous is Australia were arrested. DataBreaches.net has reported on the other two...
View ArticleIn the spirit of Christmas giving, Steam gives your account details to others
It was around 3:30 this afternoon when I noticed people starting to complain about weirdness on Steam’s site. Attempts to connect to the site often resulted in a landing page in a different language (I...
View Article79 escort sites hacked in past week: ElSurveillance
I’ll admit I sometimes ignore data dumps or hacks if they don’t fit my particular interests in reporting on breaches that impact health data or student data. But occasionally I remind myself that all...
View Article“Not a creature was stirring”– well, except Chris Vickery
Three Lock Box is a construction escrow agency in Las Vegas. And while the name “lock box” might suggest security, unfortunately, they had a misconfigured MongoDB installation that exposed several...
View ArticleMore details emerge on Steam’s Christmas breach; 34,000 impacted
Valve is now apologizing for the Christmas day incident that exposed users’ information to each other almost randomly. Here’s their announcement today: On December 25th, a configuration error resulted...
View ArticleDid AVG leave your personal data exposed?
Ian Sherr reports: Ever had a day where you just wanted to shout, “You had one job“? The latest company to earn the rebuke is Netherlands-based antivirus software maker AVG, whose “Web tuneup” add-on...
View ArticleMicrosoft failed to warn victims of Chinese email hack–former employees
Joseph Menn reports on some poor decision-making by Microsoft that left hacking victims in the dark that their communications had been intercepted: Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago...
View ArticleNigerian charged in email scam is in custody in Dallas
Kevin Krause reports: A Nigerian man living in the U.S. on a student visa faces federal wire fraud charges in connection with a sophisticated email phishing scam targeting businesses. Amechi Colvis...
View ArticleMumbai: Six booked for stealing software firm’s source code
The Asian Age reports that the principal of Intellect Software Solutions Pvt Ltd. has filed a complaint against six persons, including two directors of a private firm, for allegedly stealing his source...
View ArticleHenry Schein settles FTC charges it misled customers about encryption of...
It appears the FTC acted on a complaint I filed with them last year concerning HenrySchein Dental’s use of the word “encryption” in their marketing and their refusal to individually notify customers...
View ArticleKorea opens pan-industry center for credit data protection and security
Lee Sun-young reports: Korea Credit Information Services, a pan-industry body tasked with data preservation and protection, was launched in Seoul on Tuesday amid mounting calls for data security after...
View ArticleLack of Injury Dooms Michaels Breach Class Suit
From Bloomberg Law: Because the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate actual injuries, arts and crafts retail chain Michaels Stores Inc. Dec. 28 dodged a federal court putative class action over a data...
View ArticleUber settles NYS probes, agrees to pay $20K fine, adopt data security provisions
I’m not seeing any press release from NYS Attorney General Schneiderman’s office yet, but Kenneth Lovett of the NY Daily News reports that Uber has settled two probes stemming from both its “God View”...
View ArticleEtihad probing possible data breach of 7,000 loyalty program customers
Alexander Cornwell reports: Etihad Airways on Wednesday said it is investigating a possible leak of data belonging to customers who took part in a promotional campaign in 2013. Personal details of...
View ArticleRingleader of Saks ID theft scheme pleads guilty
Jonathan Stempel reports: The ringleader of a scheme in which four former Saks Fifth Avenue employees used stolen customer data to buy $430,000 of luxury goods from the retailer’s flagship Manhattan...
View ArticleSophos acquisition Cyberoam victim of cyber attack
Varun Aggarwal that a cybersecurity firm in India had some explaining to do: Year 2015 did not end on a high note for the Indian cyber security firm Cyberoam that confirmed a cyber attack on its...
View ArticleCAT Results 2015 Leaked At iimcat.ac.in – Hackers Released Merit Cutoff
Michael Jackson reports: The Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A) conducted the CAT Exam 2015 last year very successfully on 29th November 2015 and according to the latest news received,...
View ArticleEx-Cardinals Scouting Director to Plead Guilty to Hacking Houston Astros:...
Brian Costa and Devlin Barrett are reporting that according to sources, Chris Correa, the former scouting director for the St. Louis Cardinals, is scheduled to plead guilty today in connection with an...
View ArticleCar Breathalyzer FIrm Gets Hacked, Internal Docs Dumped on Dark Web
Joseph Cox reports: Earlier this week, a hacker called ROR[RG], who acts as the moderator of the recently re-booted Hell hacking forum, dumped supposed internal documents of LMG Holdings, and more...
View ArticleUK’s Information Commissioner repeats call for stronger sentences for data...
In the wake of another ridiculously light penalty for data theft, U.K.’s Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, has repeated his call for stronger penalties. The comments come as an employee of...
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