Nicole Perlroth and Mike Isaac report: Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung’s new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticated attack by a group of government-affiliated Chinese hackers. As early as March, the hackers — alternatively known as the…
Month: October 2015
FL: Pensacola man arrested for stealing personal information from job seekers
TaMaryn Waters reports: A 19-year-old Escambia County man has been arrested on charges of identity theft following an investigation by the Tallahassee Police Department and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Investigators learned Gerald Howard Washington, of Pensacola, posted online advertisements claiming he was searching for candidates to fill 1,100 local positions. According to the…
Car hacker sought by Canadian military to assess vulnerabilities
CBC News reports: The Canadian military is looking for a car hacker to hack into its vehicles to test how vulnerable they are to cyberattacks. A tender notice posted Tuesday on the Canadian government’s procurement site says the Department of National Defence is looking for bidders who can assess a vehicle, find vulnerabilities and develop and demonstrate…
Who will pay to clean up massive T-Mobile hack?
Eric Scigliano wonders whether anything will be done to waive fees for placing security freezes in the wake of Experian’s hack involving T-Mobile consumer data: Yesterday I asked representatives of Experian, T-Mobile, and the Washington Attorney General’s Office if they might be doing anything to fix this situation. “I’ll have to refer you to Experian on…
Scout Association’s shelved database won’t be back until next year
Kat Hall reports: The Scout Association has further delayed the date for restoring its troubled Compass database, which contains the details of 450,000 young people and volunteer adults. The new live date has been tentatively set for January 2016, a year since it was originally taken down following revelations by The Register of serious concerns surrounding the security…
Factory settings FAIL: Data easily recovered from eBayed smartphones, disks
John Leyden reports: Data recovery experts have found a raft personal information from used hard drives and mobile phones purchased from Amazon, eBay and Gazelle in the UK, US and Germany. The research, by Blancco Technology Group and Kroll Ontrack, once again shows that failure to erase data from discarded devices continues to be a…