As I’ve noted before, the Vendini breach, reported previously on this blog, appears to fairly large, but has generally flown under national mainstream media attention. Instead, I see bits and pieces in local media or on organizations’ web sites as entities report that their patrons or members were affected (cf, reports involving Purple Rose Theatre,…
Category: Business Sector
Ubisoft notifies UPlay users to change passwords following breach
Ubisoft has posted an announcement on their site today: Hello All, We recently found that one of our Web sites was exploited to gain unauthorized access to some of our online systems. We instantly took steps to close off this access, to begin a thorough investigation with relevant authorities, internal and external security experts, and…
AT&T iPad hacker appeals conviction, long sentence
Jeremy Kirk reports that attorneys for security researcher Andrew Auernheimer (“weev”) have filed an appeal over his conviction and sentencing: Andrew Auernheimer, known as “weev,” created an automated tool to extract the names and email addresses of 114,000 iPad 3G owners from AT&T’s servers, which were used by customers to access their accounts. The information was…
Vendini hack update
Back on May 22, this blog reported that Vendini, an online ticketing service provider, had experienced a hack on March 29 that they detected on April 25. Names, addresses, email addresses, credit card numbers and credit card expiration dates were on the hacked server. The firm started notifying its clients during the week of May 21,…
Facebook breach affected more than Facebook acknowledged – researchers
Jam Kotenko reports: When Facebook came clean about a recent security bug that caused the exposure of 6 million users’ personal information to their contacts, they softened the blow by saying that the effect of the bug was probably minimal, since the people who likely received their friends’ data could have already had access to the contact…
UK: Tesco employees details discarded in Westcliff street
From Echo News: A filing cabinet found in a Southend street contained copies of passports, driving licences and bank details of employees at Tesco in Westcliff, it has been claimed. The cabinet had personal information of up to 20 individuals, all of whom are current or former employees of the Tesco Express, in London Road….