Man paid hacker to get nude photos from UCF student’s Snapchat account,...
I missed this one when it first appeared, but it’s worth posting so that parents can once again remind their kids about online safety. Read the full news story on this one as it provides a lot of...
View ArticleClass Certification Denied for Data Breach Claim Brought by Bank Against...
Balch & Bingham LLP write: Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama denied Southern Independent Bank’s (“Southern Independent’s”) motion for class certification...
View ArticleRansomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order ‘Hundreds of New Computers’
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A ransomware attack appears to have affected two American chemicals companies, Motherboard has learned. Hexion and Momentive, which make resins, silicones, and...
View ArticleA family tracking app was leaking real-time location data
Zack Whittaker reports: A popular family tracking app was leaking the real-time locations of more than 238,000 users for weeks after the developer left a server exposed without a password. The app,...
View ArticleKanopy privacy breach reveals which movies members have been streaming
On March 22, Simon Cohen reported: Free movie streaming site Kanopy has suffered a significant data leak, according to security researcher Justin Paine. Due to an unprotected web log database, which...
View ArticleAU: Security researcher pleads guilty in GoGet case
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site in January, 2018. Rohan Pearce reports: Illawarra-based security researcher Nikola Cubrilovic has pleaded guilty to charges related to...
View ArticleHackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of...
Kim Zetter reports: Researchers at cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab say that ASUS, one of the world’s largest computer makers, was used to unwittingly install a malicious backdoor on thousands of its...
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects Amazon’s Zappos on data breach lawsuit
Melissa Locker reports: In 2012, 24 million Zappos customers found out that hackers had accessed their personal information. Since then, customers have fought to sue Zappos, Amazon’s online shoe...
View ArticleHosting Provider Finally Takes Down Spyware Leak of Thousands of Photos and...
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai has an update on a recent story: A company that sells cellphone spyware to consumers left 95,000 images and more than 25,000 audio recordings on a server accessible to...
View ArticleVoya Financial Advisors exposes more sensitive adviser information on its...
Less than six months after Voya made headlines by agreeing to pay $1 million to settle SEC charges stemming from a 2016 breach, they have been back in the news after two incidents — one embarrassing...
View ArticleRela, a Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed 5 million user profiles
Zack Whittaker reports: Rela (热拉), a popular dating app for gay and queer women, has exposed millions of user profiles and private data because a server wasn’t protected with a password. Rela...
View ArticleDragonEx Exchange Suffers Security Breach, Amount of Crypto Stolen Still Unknown
Peter Wind reports: Cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx says they have suffered a security breach on March 24. “On March 24th, DragonEx has encountered attacks from hackers, our users’ crypto assets and...
View ArticleCa: Sunniva reports filing of class action lawsuit regarding privacy breach
CISO Magazine reports: PRNewswire: Sunniva Inc. recently reported that it has been named in a class action lawsuit, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Natural Health Services Ltd. (“NHS”), in...
View ArticleComputer hacker to represent himself in Isle of Man sentencing
Jason Roberts reports on a case in the Isle of Man: A man’s asked to represent himself as he awaits sentencing for computer hacking and data theft. 47 year old John Henry Griffin of Mona Drive in...
View ArticleDLA Piper Set to Sue Insurer Over NotPetya Claim: Report
Phil Muncaster reports that a major law firm has itself as a client in case that reminds us that attribution of a hack or malware attack can have all kinds of implications and consequences: DLA Piper...
View ArticleOffice Depot and Tech Support Firm Will Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC...
Office Depot, Inc. and a California-based tech support software provider have agreed to pay a total of $35 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the companies tricked customers...
View ArticleSecurity researcher pleads guilty to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo
Tom Warren reports: A 24-year-old security researcher narrowly avoided prison today, after admitting to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo servers and stealing confidential information. Zammis Clark,...
View ArticleToyota announces second security breach in the last five weeks; this one...
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Japanese car maker Toyota announced its second data breach today, making it the second cyber-security incident the company acknowledged in the past five weeks. While the first...
View ArticleCard breach reported at Buca di Beppo, Planet Hollywood, and other restaurants
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Earl Enterprises, the hospitality industry giant behind several restaurant brands like Planet Hollywood and Earl of Sandwich, announced today a security breach of its payment...
View ArticleBithumb Hacked Again? – Hackers Reportedly Steal $15 Million in EOS
Seen on Bitcoinist: In a notice published on the company’s website on Saturday (March 30, 2019), Bithumb apologized to its users for inconveniences suffered on account of its decision to temporarily...
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