Motherboard reports: Back in March, Motherboard revealed that fully functioning Uber accounts were for sale on the dark web for as cheap as $1 each. At the time, it appeared that the victims of those hacks were based in the United Kingdom. Now, Uber customers from all over the United States have taken to Twitter to complain that their…
Month: May 2015
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. Statement
Sally Beauty has issued the following statement. Their name may seem familiar to you because this site reported on an earlier breach last year. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. is currently investigating reports of unusual activity involving payment cards used at some of our U.S. Sally Beauty stores. Since learning of these reports, we have been working with…
6 Vietnamese face theft charges for using stolen credit card data
Dam Huy reports: Ho Chi Minh City police are seeking theft charges against six members of a gang that purchased stolen credit card data online and then used the card numbers to buy goods from the US. The six, aged 26-31, face charges of “using the Internet to appropriate property.” According to police investigations, Nguyen…
U.S. Senate panel raises privacy concerns in White House hacking incident
Peter Cooney reports: The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has written President Barack Obama over concerns that a recently reported data breach on the White House computer system might have compromised the personal information of many Americans. “Just like any entity that handles personally-identifiable information, the White House has a responsibility to notify Americans if the…
Ca: More data dumped from Detour Gold
I had told Detour Gold to keep an eye out for future data dumps when I spoke with them weeks ago to notify them that they had been hacked, and I wasn’t surprised to receive an email last night from someone pointing me to a new data dump. The data dump includes personal information on employees as well…
UK: Policeman wrongly accused of data protection breaches sues Police Scotland for £1m
Lauren Crooks reports that a constable who was charged in 2009 over allegations he had looked at police records while off-duty has now sued Police Scotland for defamation. He is also reportedly taking his employer to an employment tribunal: Constables Andrew Reid, 36, and former partner Amanda Daly, 34, were charged over claims they looked at…