Mark Hachman reports: A Pulse employee discovered a security hole in Oink on Friday, which allows anyone to download personal information belonging to another, just by knowing their username. PCMag was able to confirm the breach the same way Cristina Cordova, a former Google employee now working in business development for Pulse, did: by downloading…
Category: Business Sector
Edmund Optics hacked; customer credit card information acquired
On Monday, Edmund Optics issued a statement on its web site about a security breach: On Sunday, February 26, 2012 Edmund Optics identified suspicious activity on our website and quickly determined there had been a breach of our security. Actions were taken immediately to stop the intrusion, increase security and prevent further unauthorized access to…
Impairment Resources files for bankruptcy after data breach
It seems like a breach that I never mentioned on this blog was the downfall of a firm. In December, 2011, Impairment Resources, LLC was the victim of a burglary. They reported the incident and I had included it on DataLossDB.org, but didn’t think much of it as there was nothing wildly unusual in their reports to suggest…
AT&T Says One Of Its Service Providers Hacked Illegally Into Connecticut Customers’ Accounts
George Gombossy reports: AT&T is now admitting that one of its service providers hacked illegally into at least five Connecticut customers’ accounts. The admission, in a letter Thursday to the Connecticut Attorney General’s office, comes after months of denial by AT&T that it could have had anything to do with two security breaches of a…
Digital Playground becomes hackers’ playground (update 1)
The Digital Playground porn site has reportedly been hacked. Big time. The site that advertises “Porn worth paying for” may find itself paying dearly for a security breach that may have exposed over 72,000 customers’ details and over 44,000 credit card numbers. In what they claim as their first release, a group calling themselves The…
UK: Nicked sensitive Avnet server disks sparks ICO probe
Paul Kunert reports an update on a breach I seem to have missed: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed it is investigating a potential data breach at Avnet Technology Solutions (TS) following the break-in prior to Christmas. As previously reported, thieves raided the enterprise distie’s Haslingden office on 21 December and made off with hard…