JustAnotherOldGuy shares a report from PC Magazine: The FBI has shut down a website that offered hackers easy access to 12 billion records stolen in thousands of data breaches. On Thursday, the Justice Department announced it had seized the internet domain to WeLeakInfo.com, a site that was cataloging data taken from more than 10,300 data breaches at various companies and websites…
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Equifax’s Stock Rose More Than 50% In 2019
“There’s still time to file a claim for a share of the $425 million that Equifax agreed to cough up after hosing almost half of the country in its massive data breach a few years ago,” writes a Pennyslvania newspaper columnist, pointing victims to equifaxbreachsettlement.com. “But unless you can prove you were an identity theft victim who lost money, or had…
New year honours data breach may lead to less government transparency
The UK government posted online the private addresses of more than 1000 individuals, including celebrities and former members of the UK security service Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2228683-new-year-honours-data-breach-may-lead-to-less-government-transparency/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
CNET Releases ‘2019 Data Breach Hall of Shame’ Dishonoring This Year’s Biggest Data Breaches
schwit1 quotes CNET’s report on their newly-released “2019 Data Breach Hall of Shame.” The biggest recurrent motif among the major data breaches of 2019 wasn’t the black-hooded hacker in a dark room, digging into a screen full of green text. It was a faceless set of executives and security professionals under the fluorescent lights of an office somewhere, frantically dialing their…
Wawa Announces Data Breach Potentially Affecting More Than 850 Stores
Wawa, a convenience store and gas station chain, notified customers Thursday of a data breach (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source) that collected debit and credit card information at potentially all of its more than 850 locations along the East Coast. It is now offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to those affected. The New York Times reports:…
A Data Leak Exposed the Personal Info of Over 3,000 Ring Users
The log-in credentials for 3,672 Ring camera owners were compromised this week, exposing log-in emails, passwords, time zones, and the names people give to specific Ring cameras, which are often the same as camera locations, such as “bedroom” or “front door.” BuzzFeed News reports: Using the log-in email and password, an intruder could access a Ring customer’s home address, telephone number,…
Chrome Now Warns You When Your Password Has Been Stolen
Google is rolling out Chrome 79, and it includes a number of password protection improvements. The Verge reports: The biggest addition is that Chrome will now warn you when your password has been stolen as part of a data breach. Google has been warning about reused passwords in a separate browser extension or in its password checkup tool, but the company…
Trump Administration Drops Plans For Mandatory Face Scans of Citizens
schwit1 shares a report from U.S. News & World Report: The Department of Homeland Security is dropping plans to propose a regulation requiring all travelers — including U.S. citizens — to have their photos taken and faces scanned by facial recognition technology when entering and exiting the country, according to multiple reports. The proposed rule was slated to be issued in…
OnePlus Notifies Customers of Data Breach Impacting Users of Its Online Store
OnePlus has sent out an email informing recent OnePlus customers of a security issue. “This ‘Security Notification’ from OnePlus informs customers that an ‘unauthorized party’ was able to access order information from the company’s online store,” reports 9to5Google. “OnePlus says that payment information as well as account details were not accessed, but names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers ‘may’ have been…
Hacker Publishes 2TB of Data From Cayman National Bank
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On Sunday, Motherboard reported that the hacker or hackers known as Phineas Fisher targeted a bank, stole money and documents, and is offering other hackers $100,000 to carry out politically motivated hacks. Now, the bank Phineas Fisher targeted, Cayman National Bank from the Isle of Man, confirmed it has suffered a data breach….