Dan Goodin reports: MacRumors user forums have been breached by hackers who may have acquired cryptographically protected passwords belonging to all 860,000 users, one of the top editors of the news website said Tuesday evening. Read more on Ars Technica and, to be on the safe side, change your password for the forum and for any other…
Month: November 2013
Medical ethics experts chime in on Eckert case
A quick pointer to an article by Radley Balko that looks at the medical ethics questions raised by the David Eckert case, which I discussed here. It’s interesting to note that the medical ethics experts Balko interviewed pretty much said the same thing I had said in my post.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner issues statement on Loyaltybuild data breach
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has received a preliminary report on the findings of its inspection team following an inspection today at Loyaltybuild, the company at the centre of the recent data breach. The inspection team confirmed the extent of the breach in which the full card details of over 376,000 customers…
IE: Data breach on driver licence website investigated
Over on Twitter, Brian Honan just noted that two infosec stories led the evening news in Ireland tonight. One of them surely must be the Loyaltybuild/Supervalu breach, reported previously on this blog. I suspect this is the other one: The Road Safety Authority has confirmed that a data breach has occurred on the website for…
Adobe customer files potential class action lawsuit after breach
From the it-was-inevitable-department: A customer in California has filed a potential class action lawsuit against Adobe Systems in federal court for the Northern District of California. It appears to be the first one filed, although I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last. In any event, it’s worth a blog post at least. I know,…
Mobile Threat Monday: London Transit App and Android Backup App Leak Personal Info
Max Eddy reports: If you live in a city with robust public transit, you probably have a transit related app on your smartphone. They are essential to keep from looking like a tourist. For Londoners, the Tube Map Live Underground app lets them see the usual information like maps and routes, but also lets them…