Titanium Stresser programmer whose tools caused chaos must repay £70,000 or...
A computer hacker who was jailed after setting up a business which caused chaos all over the world must pay back nearly £70,000 or face another two years behind bars. Adam Mudd was just 16 when he...
View ArticleU.S. formally sanctions hacker who leaked Game of Thrones information last year.
I had reported on the indictment last week, but the focus of this piece by Harris puzzled me: The hacker’s name is Behzad Mesri. He was indicted in November of 2017 after he tried to extort $6 million...
View ArticleGrindr security flaws expose users’ location data
Brian Latimer reports: Grindr, a gay-dating app, suffers from two security issues that can expose the information of its more than 3 million daily users, including the location data of people who have...
View ArticleUnder Armour says data breach affected about 150 million MyFitnessPal accounts
Chloe Aiello reports: Shares of Under Armour dropped 3.8 percent, before paring losses, after the active-wear company informed users of its online fitness and nutrition website their data had been...
View ArticleWeb Developer Accused Of Stealing Data, Computer Tampering
Michael Woyton reports on a case in New Rochelle, New York: A web developer was arrested in New Rochelle for using his former employer’s data and computer servers to set up his own business....
View ArticleData breach hits Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor stores
Matt O’Brien reports: A data breach at department store chains Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor has compromised the personal information of customers who shopped at the stores....
View ArticleTX: Personal info still being discarded and dumped improperly
Courtney Schoenemann reports that a security analyst who goes dumpster diving in his spare time, came across a filing cabinet of account receivables from an Austin home remodeling company that had been...
View ArticleEquifax has been sending some consumers hit by its data breach wrong letters
The last thing they needed was more bad press, right? Javier E. David of CNBC reports: Equifax, which suffered a massive data breach in 2017 that exposed the personal information of nearly 150 million...
View ArticlePanerabread.com Leaks Millions of Customer Records
Brian Krebs and I were both on the same mission today – to get Panera Breach to secure their customer data. I had been alerted to the situation by a reader who saw a paste explaining it all and...
View ArticleWhat to Know About the Latest Data Breach Hitting Sears and Delta Customers
David Meyer reports: Both Sears and Delta Air Lines are facing the exposure of some of their customers’ credit card information, following a data breach at a mutual contractor. The company, a customer...
View ArticleFacebook hackers could have collected personal data of 2 billion users
Craig Timberg, Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin of The Washington Post report: Facebook said Wednesday that “malicious actors” took advantage of search tools on its platform, making it possible for them...
View ArticleDriveHer, ride-sharing app for women, suspends service after data breach...
Jaren Kerr reports: The owner of a ride-sharing app created to increase safety and security for women drivers and riders has suspended its services after learning that its user data was vulnerable to a...
View ArticleBest Buy hit by [24]7.ai data breach, too
Sean Hollister reports: Earlier today, we learned that hundreds of thousands of Delta Airlines, Sears and Kmart online shoppers may have had their names, addresses, and credit card information stolen...
View ArticleSingapore teen who hacked NFL Twitter account gets 24 months’ probation
Suhaile Md reports: A Singaporean student who hacked into the official US National Football League’s (NFL) Twitter account was sentenced to 24 months probation at the State Courts on Thursday (5...
View ArticleSodexo Filmology data breach – Users need cancel their credit cards
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Sodexo food services and facilities management company notified a number of customers that it was the victim of a targeted attack on its cinema vouchers platform, Filmology...
View ArticleUber Agrees to Expanded Settlement with FTC Related to Privacy, Security Claims
Uber Technologies, Inc. has agreed to expand the proposed settlement it reached with the Federal Trade Commission last year over charges that the ride-sharing company deceived consumers about its...
View ArticleCollege Consultants’ Client Information Was Exposed on Web Servers
Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz reports: User names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other information belonging to independent college consultants who used CollegePlannerPro from 2015 to 2017 were freely...
View ArticleSeventh Circuit Reinstates Barnes & Noble Data Breach Class Action
Edward J. McAndrew of Ballard Spahr reports: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reinstated a data breach class action filed against Barnes & Noble (B&N). The litigation,...
View ArticleUnit of Thai telco True says customers’ data leakage fixed
Reuters reports: Thailand’s iTruemart, a unit of mobile phone operator True Corp Plc, said on Saturday it has fixed a data leak that led to information on some of its customers, including their ID and...
View ArticleMise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc. Notifies Clients, Individuals...
Sometimes I see a press release subject line and incorrectly assume it will be about customer data. This one from April 13 is more serious, it seems: Mise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc. (“MEP”)...
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