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Critical Pinterest Exploit threatened the privacy of millions of users

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Dissent

paganinip posts: Security researcher Dan Melamed has found a serious Pinterest Exploit that exposed user’s information of over 70 Million accounts. The security researcher Dan Melamed has found a Critical Pinterest Exploit that compromised the privacy of over 70 Million Users, the flaw allows hackers to view the email address of any user on Pinterest. Dan has found the way…

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Payment processing services provider reportedly breached in January, details scarce

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Dissent

Discover and American Express often submit copies of their breach  notification letters to cardmembers to state attorneys general. Their letters, however,  generally do not include the name of a breached merchant, so it is often difficult to know what to make of their submissions. But one particular American Express notification,  submitted to California last week, caught…

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IE: Data breach involving payments to current and former IBRC staff

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dissent

A personal data breach at the former Anglo Irish Bank has seen letters and payments sent to the wrong people with dozens of current and former employees at the liquidated bank affected. The special liquidators at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), KPMG, have confirmed a personal data breach involving cheques that were “misdirected” to…

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Bloomberg to tighten internal controls following client data breach

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dissent

Matthew Finnegan reports: An external review of Bloomberg’s data policies and procedures has recommended stronger measures be put in place in order to ensure journalists are unable to view client information through its financial data terminals. Two separate reports were released by Bloomberg on Wednesday detailing investigations into corporate practices at the firms, following claims…

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League of Legends is hacked, with crucial user info accessed

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Dissent

Dara Kerr reports that the League of Legends server has been hacked: Riot Games, which developed League of Legends, announced Tuesday that some usernames, e-mail addresses, salted password hashes, first and last names, and even some salted credit card numbers have been accessed. The salted data is somewhat protected, but if users have easily guessable…

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Alabama Tax Return Preparers and 19 Foreign Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Defraud the United States, Identity Theft and Money Laundering

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Dissent

The Justice Department announced that a 14-count superseding indictment was unsealed yesterday, charging JB Tax Professional Services Inc., Jacqueline J. Arias and Jose Bayron Estrada, of Spruce Pine, Ala., along with 19 foreign nationals, many of whom resided in the New Orleans area, with conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit mail…

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