Catalin Cimpanu reports: Sports news portal Bleacher Report announced today a security breach that affected readers that signed up for accounts on the site. At the time of writing the number of affected users isn’t known, and a request for comment from Bleeping Computer was not returned at the time of publishing. According to an…
Month: December 2016
DHS responds to hacking accusations from Georgia
There’s a follow-up to a headline-grabbing story earlier this month in which the State of Georgia accused the Department of Homeland Security of hacking its election database. Joe Uchill reports: DHS officials told reporters on a conference call Friday that the attempted entry came from an employee at the state’s Federal Law Enforcement Training…
Domino’s Pizza urges customers to change their passwords
So Domino’s says it hasn’t been hacked, but it wants its customers to use better security hygiene because so many other companies have been hacked. Michael Moore reports: The pizza delivery chain emailed customers today urging them to change the password linked to their My Domino’s account as soon as possible. Although Domino’s says that…
TX: CCISD notifies students of breach of personal info
The Corpus Christi Independent School District is offering 443 of their former students and one current student free credit monitoring service, after their Social Security numbers were published to the internet. Source: KRISTV
MI: Alpena Public Schools Superintendent says ransomware was “just some inconvenience”
David Holsted reports: Computer hackers didn’t get money out of Alpena Schools. The district is the latest victim of ransomware, a denial-of-access attack that prevents computer users from accessing files. However, Superintendent Andrea Martin said the district did not pay the ransom, and no harm was done to the files. No important information was lost….
Ameriprise leak exposes millions of dollars worth of accounts
Zack Whittaker reports on another exposed database uncovered by Chris Vickery of the MacKeeper Security Research team: An advisor working for financial planning giant Ameriprise has inadvertently exposed hundreds of investment portfolios, worth tens of millions of dollars. The data was found on an internet-connected backup drive at the advisor’s home, which was set to…