Today Anonymous Poland announced a leak of data from The Bradly Foundation and as a result of this over 56,000 Files have now been dumped online. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a charitable foundation with more than $800 million U.S. dollars in asset more The leak was announced over…
Month: October 2016
Security Fail Exposed Details of Virgin Media’s UK Job Applicants
Mark Jackson reports: A security flaw in the third-party service that Virgin Media uses to process new job applications could have exposed the personal CV details of between 30,000 and 50,000 people to the Internet. A student called Alikhan Uzakov discovered the problem while filling out an application form for the operator (like this one). At this point he…
UK: Teenage hacker behind 1.7 million cyber attacks faces jail
Oops. I missed this one when Tristan Kirk first reported it: A notorious teenage hacker who was the brains behind more than 1.7 million cyber attacks around the world is facing jail. Adam Mudd, 19, sold access to his Titanium Stresser programme, allowing users to crash websites and computers by overloading them with requests. He is believed…
FTC Issues Guidance for Responding to Data Breaches
Caleb Skeath writes: On Tuesday, the FTC issued new guidance for businesses on responding to data breaches, along with an accompanying blog post and video. The data breach response guidance follows the issuance of the FTC’s “Start with Security” data security guidance last year and builds upon recent FTC education and outreach initiatives on data security and cybersecurity issues. The FTC’s data…
ADT Hacking Vulnerability Class Action Trimmed to Fraud Claim
Ashley Milano reports: In a partial win for ADT, a California federal judge has trimmed claims in a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the security company failed to inform customers their wireless home security systems were vulnerable to hacking. U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar tossed claims brought by plaintiff Michael Edenborough, stating he failed…
Lee Memorial Hospital patient plans lawsuit over privacy breach
Frank Gluck reports: A former patient of Lee Memorial Hospital says he will sue the health center after an employee photographed him recovering from life-threatening injuries from a motorcycle crash. The attorney for that patient, Dylan Meracle of Cape Coral, notified the hospital and its operator, Lee Health, of the pending lawsuit this week. In…