Dan Goodin reports: Password crackers have hacked more than 11,000 accounts belonging to players of the popular game Guild Wars 2, in part by using credentials siphoned from an unknown fan site that was recently compromised, game officials said. Officials with Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet recently began the practice of proactively e-mailing customers when someone logs into an account…
Category: Business Sector
Wyndham files motion to dismiss FTC privacy suit
Stephen E Wieker and Liisa M. Thomas write: In a strongly-worded motion filed in federal district court in Arizona, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LLC recently asked the court to dismiss all charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission alleging Wyndham engaged in unfair and deceptive privacy practices. As we reported in June, according to the FTC, these practices…
Sony says 400 customer names, emails from mobile division leaked in China
Jay Alabaster reports: Sony said Thursday that hackers accessed about 400 names and email addresses of its mobile customers in China and Taiwan, but that no credit card or banking information was compromised. The company said it became aware of the hack several days after a message was posted on the popular text-sharing website Pastebin by a…
PA: Hacker hands Barto manufacturer $190,000 loss
Anthony Orozco reports: A hacker broke into a Berks County manufacturer’s computer system and stole nearly $200,000, according to state police. The banking system at CWI Railroad System Specialists, a Barto company that manufactures train engine parts, was hacked last month, troopers said. The hacker entered the company’s system and issued payments to banks in…
50 busted in Shanghai for stealing and selling personal info (updated)
Zha Minjie reports: Shanghai police said today that they have bust a criminal ring that sold personal information to businesses for illegal gains. Police detained 50 suspects and found nearly 200 million pieces of personal information, such as cellphone numbers and home addresses, in their computers. One suspect surnamed Zhang took advantage of his assignment…
UK: Child database leak caused by error not hacking
When I posted a news item about a breach involving Gabbitas and The Independent Schools Guide web site, I duly quoted the reference to claims that the leak had been due to a cyber-attack, even though it seemed a bit implausible to me. An article in Computerworld today by John E. Dunn that reports there…