Anonymous/AntiSec/LulzSec has released two data dumps: one from the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association and one from the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police. Both dumps appear to include names, email addresses and passwords for members as well as some mail spools. The passwords appear to be MD5, and some have already been…
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Cn: Dangdang acknowledges limited hack; Alipay says only their account IDs involved in separate hack
Marbridge Consulting reports: In response to recent media reports that information belonging to 12 mln of its users has been leaked online, Chinese B2C e-commerce site Dangdang (NYSE: DANG) issued a statement today saying that only a small fraction of the account information now circulating online does in fact belong to Dangdang users. Dangdang added…
United flyer finds dozens of passengers’ info online
Keli Rabon reports: Anna Culina just wanted to check her miles on United Airline’s mobile website, but instead, she ended up with a whole lot more. “I was navigating around activity and statements, and each time I navigated around to a different area, I pulled up someone else’s information,” Culina said. Culina found the personal…
If it’s Friday, it’s time to reset almost 18 million passwords? (Corrected)
Care2 has notified users of a security breach. In its FAQ, the online community said that it discovered the breach on December 27, but as of December 28, “We are currently unable to determine the full extent of the security breach.” The site is forcing a password reset and urging members to change their passwords on…
Hospital employee allegedly makes fun of patient's medical condition on Facebook; officials investigating
Susan Abram reports: Providence Holy Cross Medical Center officials are investigating an employee who allegedly posted a patient’s medical information on his Facebook page, apparently to make fun of the woman and her medical condition. According to a printout of the Facebook page obtained by the Daily News, the employee displayed a photo of a…
AU: Telstra BigPond customer details exposed online
Mitchell Bingemann reports: TELSTRA has been stung by another embarrassing privacy breach after the email addresses and phone numbers of more than a thousand of its BigPond customers were made accessible online. In what appears to be a repeat of another security compromise for Telstra, an online spreadsheet containing customer names, email addresses and details…