SEC probing Yahoo over previously disclosed cyber breach: filing
Suzanne Barlyn reports: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a previously disclosed data breach at Yahoo Inc, the company said in a filing. Yahoo said in a November 2016...
View Article218,000 AlphaBay marketplace users’ private messages acquired by bug hunter
If you’re a darknet vendor who has the skills to really test the security of marketplaces where you might hawk your wares, what do you do? Well, if you’re a vendor known as “Cipher0007” on reddit, and...
View ArticleTelus releases Hamilton woman’s personal information to her stalker
Adam Carter reports on a small-N breach that reminds us all how horrifying the consequences of a privacy breach can be: A Hamilton woman says Telus violated her privacy and put her and her family in...
View ArticleRussians suspected of hacking Wisconsin Dems
From the I-just-report-’em-I-don’t-necessarily-believe-them dept. Paul Srubas reports: County websites of the Democratic Party in the area have been under attack, at least one apparently by Russian...
View ArticleRealty firm fined $10,000 by Singapore regulator for data security failure
Singapore’s Personal Data Commission has imposed a $10,000 penalty on Propnex Realty for failing to make reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorized access of individuals’ personal data...
View ArticleDirty secrets of 180,000 users of a porn site that posts ‘upskirt’ photos are...
Shivali Best reports: Users of a shady porn site that posts ‘upskirt’ pictures of women could have their dirty secrets exposed. Personal details of 180,000 users of The Candid Board have been uploaded...
View ArticleCa: Grey Eagle Resort & Casino hacked; hackers threaten to dump sensitive...
From the this-looks-like-it-is-going-to-get-ugly-really-quickly dept.: There was a somewhat ominous message posted on Pastebin on January 24: Grey Eagle Resort and Casino has been hacked hundreds of...
View ArticleDelhi hackers, digital shoplifters who tampered data of e-commerce portals
Shiv Sunny reports: Four young hackers have been arrested for allegedly digitally shoplifting vouchers worth Rs92 lakh [$134,985.29 USD] by tampering with the data of e-commerce websites at the payment...
View ArticleNYS A.G. Schneiderman Announces Settlement With Acer After Data Breach...
NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement with Acer Service Corporation (“Acer”), a computer manufacturer based in Taiwan, after a data breach of its website exposed...
View ArticleInvestors Sue Yahoo Over Post-Hack Stock Plunge
I don’t think investors’ lawsuits related to data breaches have been a particularly winning strategy to date, but if any investors’ suit has a chance, this one might – or at least, should have a...
View ArticleTelemarketing Company Leaks Nearly 400K Consumer Files
MacKeeper’s Security Research Center reports: Researchers from the MacKeeper Security Research Center have made one of the biggest discoveries to date with several hundred thousand files publically...
View ArticlePayroll service mistakenly ships packages with W-2 records to wrong address —...
It’s worrying that once again, criminals are successfully tricking employees into emailing employees’ W-2 data to them. But how about when a company just mails out W-2’s to the wrong address – and not...
View ArticleAustrian hotel pays ransomware demand to unlock guests’ rooms
Oh my. This is a somewhat different application of ransomware. I hope it doesn’t catch on. The Local reports this incident in Austria: One of Europe’s top hotels has admitted they had to pay thousands...
View ArticleMLB fines Cardinals $2 million for computer hack
Brian Feldt reports: Major League Baseball on Monday afternoon ordered the St. Louis Cardinals to pay $2 million and turn over two 2017 draft selections to the Houston Astros as a result of a former...
View ArticleInfo of 200,000 Indycar race fans exposed in misconfigured backup
Chris Vickery writes: The online security of over 200,000 Indycar racing fans was put in jeopardy recently. Earlier this month I discovered a large collection of publicly exposed MySQL database backup...
View ArticleWitcher 3 dev forums hacked, 1.8 million accounts stolen
Dale Walker reports: Polish game development studio CD Projekt RED has had more than 1.8 million user credentials stolen from its online forum, according to data breach notification website ‘Have I...
View Article2.5 million PlayStation and Xbox players’ details stolen by hackers
Richard Trenholm reports: Millions of Xbox and PSP gamers have had their personal details hacked. A data breach of two popular gaming forums has exposed the account details of 2.5 million users,...
View ArticleTarget data breach settlement remanded by appeals court after two consumers...
It ain’t over until…. well, no body-shaming here, but Target is not out of the woods on litigation from their massive 2013 breach. Law360 is reporting: The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to send back...
View ArticleTX: Documents with Personal Information Inside Dumpster, Thursday Edition
A dumpster diver in Harlingen, Texas hit pay dirt: “Social Security numbers, birthdays, home addresses, home telephone numbers, you name it,” he said. Channel 5 News tracked the documents back to...
View ArticleNiche dark web marketplaces for buying confidential insider information
You’ve probably heard of Alpha Bay and some other dark web marketplaces. But have you ever heard about Kick Ass Marketplace or The Stock Insiders? Mohit Kumar reports that there are dark web...
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