Dan Goodin reports: Verizon is struggling to fix a glitch that has been leaking customers’ addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, and other personal information through a chat system that helps prospective subscribers figure out if Fios services are available in their location. The personal details appear when people click on a link to chat with…
Category: Business Sector
Hacker who stole information from Nintendo sentenced
AP reports: A computer hacker who stole information from Nintendo and was also caught with child pornography on his computer was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison. Ryan S. Hernandez, 21, of Palmdale, California, had pleaded guilty in January to one count of computer fraud and abuse and one count of possession of child…
Belgium: Belgian DPA announces potential data breach at Bpost
OneTrust DataGuidance writes: The Belgian Data Protection Authority (‘Belgian DPA’) announced, on 1 December 2020, that it had learned of a potential security incident at Bpost through media articles. In particular, the Belgian DPA outlined that, given the position Bpost plays in Belgian society, a data breach would have made possible access to personal data…
Ca: Class action suit launched against Dell after data breach led to years of scam calls
David Paddon reports: A proposed class action suit has been launched against Dell Technologies on behalf of thousands of Canadians whose personal information was compromised in a data breach. According to a claim filed in a Nova Scotia court, the suit’s proposed representative plaintiff is seeking compensation for two years of scam calls and emails he received after a…
Intersport victim of cyberattack for a second time in 2020?
First it was a Magecart attack on their web sites in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Montenegro, as reported in June. Now it appears to be a ransomware attack by Conti threat actors, who dumped more than two dozen files as alleged proof of access and exfiltration from the international sporting goods retailer….
‘Apodis Pharma’ Leaked Over 1.7 TB of Confidential Data Online
Bill Toulas reports: The French digital supply chain management and software solutions provider ‘Apodis Pharma’ has misconfigured an ElasticSearch database for public access, essentially leaking over 1.7 TB of confidential business-related data. The client portfolio of ‘Apodis Pharma’ includes big pharmaceutical firms, so the particular data leak is considered a grave security event. Read more…