If you don’t bother to read the TOS and policies before you sign up for a site, you may find that there is no way out. Today’s example from PHP Freaks Forum: It has come to our attention that someone managed to get their hands on a database dump of the phpfreaks members table used…
Author: Dissent
Stolen Netflix logins being traded online, potentially leaving people’s most sensitive information exposed
Andrew Griffin reports: Stolen Netflix logins are being traded across the internet — and could be leaving people’s most personal information exposed. Numerous sites are sharing stolen logins to the video streaming site so that people can watch without paying the usual monthly fee. But since many people use the same login details for a…
Lone wolves could be behind multi-million dollar Cryptowall ransomware racket
Darren Pauli reports: A single group could be behind the monstrous Cryptowall 3.0 ransomware, widely considered to be one of the most menacing threats to end users that has fleeced victims of millions of dollars. Intel Security, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Symantec under the Cyber Threat Alliance have probed the net scourge revealing that…
Aussie Farmers Direct hacked, user details posted online
Allie Coyne reports: Home delivered groceries business Aussie Farmers Direct has fallen victim to an attack on its systems which has seen the personal details of more than 5000 of its customers posted online. Attackers today posted the names, phone numbers, email addresses and physical addresses for 5149 of Aussie Farmers Direct’s customers. Read more…
Our veterans deserve better infosecurity of their information
When News3 in Madison, Wisconsin started digging into a breach involving 637 veterans’ Social Security numbers, what they found should have everyone asking the VA some hard questions. Adam Schrager reports: The Social Security numbers of Wisconsin veterans are being sent via email without encryption despite numerous federal laws and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs…
First data breach case granted standing in Pennsylvania
Hanna Nakano reports: Standing has been found for the first time in a data breach case in the State of Pennsylvania. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found standing in claims of injury as a result of data breach in Enslin v. Coca Cola. This is the first time a federal court in…