Ashley Madison marketed itself as a “100% discreet service” for people seeking to have affairs — and bolstered that claim with a fabricated security trustmark — but the company behind the website had inadequate security safeguards and policies, an investigation following a massive data breach has concluded. “Privacy breaches are a core risk for any…
Month: August 2016
Has your internet provider been compromised? Malicious insiders are helping cybercriminals hack telecoms firms
Danny Palmer reports: Be they disaffected insiders or victims of blackmail, staff at telecommunications firms are providing cybercriminals with the information required to carry out cyberattacks against their employers. With the sector a top target for hackers — as demonstrated by last year’s TalkTalk hack — Kapersky Lab’s Threat Intelligence Report for the Telecommunications Industry warns telecoms providers that…
California Bill Would Add Security Standards to Data Breach Law
Laura Mahoney reports: A California lawmaker has revived a bill to set a “reasonably prudent” standard for businesses to protect personal consumer data, including geolocation and biometric information, in the final two weeks of the legislative session. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D) amended A.B. 83, a bill that has been dormant for a year, setting new…
Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets
Raphael Satter and Maggie Michael of AP report: WikiLeaks’ global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick children and the mentally ill, The Associated Press has found. In the past year alone, the radical transparency group has published medical…
Epic’s forums hacked again, with thousands of logins stolen
Another forum using vBulletin hacked? Zack Whittaker reports: A hacker has stolen hundreds of thousands of forum accounts associated with Unreal Engine and its maker, Epic Games. More than 808,000 accounts were stolen in the attack — with more than half a million from Unreal Engine’s forums alone. Breach notification site LeakedSource.com, which obtained a copy…
Orlando Health employee went through personal information of Pulse survivors, hospital says
WFTV reports: Orlando Health employees said at least one of its employees broke the rules and went through the personal information of Pulse survivors. Ilka Reyes, 29, was shot nine times at the nightclub on June 12. Reyes said she still doesn’t understand how the breach happened and was shocked to get the letter from…