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Steam hack was worse than originally reported

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dissent

Three months ago, Steam acknowledged that they had been hacked on November 6. At the time, they wrote: We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information….

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Eircom customer data breached – twice

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dissent

Elaine Edwards and Ciara O’Brien report that two thefts in December or early January have put Eircom customers at risk of identity theft: The details of up to 6,845 current and former customers with Eircom’s mobile divisions may have been compromised after three unencrypted laptops were stolen. Up to 550 customers with eMobile and Meteor…

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C.D. Peacock sues IT firm over network breach

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dissent

Wailin Wong reports: Chicago jeweler C.D. Peacock has sued a suburban information-technology consulting firm, alleging that the company’s negligence allowed hackers to access confidential customer financial data. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court. According to C.D. Peacock’s complaint, it hired Oak Brook-based BridgePoint Technologies for IT-related services in August 2009. In…

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Hacker attacks restaurant supplier and alternative dispute resolution center

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dissent

A hacker known as Visi0nZ has dumped 307 customers’ data from Andy Catering Equipment Ltd. in London: first and last names, e-mail and postal addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and plain-text passwords. The hack was revealed on Monday. RSI’s Court ADR Resource Center was also attacked on Monday. The names, postal addresses, phone and…

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IN: AG Investigates Cardinal Fitness Dumped Documents

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dissent

I love when local media report on breaches and the state then investigates. Here’s another example: Deputy Attorney General Chuck Taylor launched an investigation after a Dumpster containing credit card numbers and receipts was found sitting outside a closed Indianapolis fitness center. Viewers first contacted RTV6 when the discarded personal information was found outside of…

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Home security camera feeds posted to web

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Dissent

Emma Woollacott reports: Images of children in their bedrooms have been freely available on the web, following a security breach by webcam company Trendnet. The breach affects thousands of feeds, and was caused by an error in code introduced nearly two years ago. “It is Trendnet’s understanding that video from select Trendnet IP cameras may…

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