From Rep. Ed Markey: A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, today released responses to letters sent to nine major data brokerage companies querying each about how it collects, assembles and sells consumer information to third parties. The companies –Acxiom,…
Month: November 2012
Personal Info Of Hundreds Of Philly Voters Dumped On Street Corner
Bruce Gordon reports: The privacy of hundreds upon hundreds of Philadelphia voters may have been violated this week, when piles of documents used in “Get Out The Vote” calls were left sitting on a Philly street corner. A woman who identified herself only as “Eileen” showed us cell phone pictures of documents piled in, on…
Companies that Own and Manage Payday Lending and Check Cashing Stores to Settle FTC Charges That They Tossed Sensitive Consumer Data into Trash Dumpsters
Well, you read it here already, but now the FTC has officially announced its settlement with PLS Financial and Payday Loan Store over dumping of customer data.
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LG Hungary, Korea Hacked, Accounts Leaked
LG has suffered yet another blow and this time the hacker who is apart of Turkish Ajan Hacker Group, @Maxn3y who contact us with two breaches that have been carried out on the Hungarian based LG mobile subdomain and on subdomain of the Korean site. The breach has also resulted in one of the sites being defaced which appears to be…
Interview with @XTnR3v0LT from xl3gi0n
Below is just a raw interview with @XTnR3v0LT from xLegion hackers. Over the past few days they have been carrying out an operation dubbed Opleak which at time of publishing had resulted in 49 websites having data leaked. Q: What was it that lead you to the hacking scene? A: i just want to prove to all those who think…