Kirstin Ridley reports: LONDON (Reuters) – Marriott International Inc, the world’s largest hotel operator, is facing a London class action brought by millions of former hotel guests demanding compensation after their personal data was hacked in one of the largest data breaches in history. Martin Bryant, founder of technology and media consultancy Big Revolution, is…
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Hacker leaks data for U.S. gun exchange site on cybercrime forum
Lawrence Abrams reports: A hacker has released the databases of Utah-based gun exchange, hunting, and kratom sites for free on a cybercrime forum. On August 10th, a threat actor posted databases that they claim contain 195,000 user records for the utahgunexchange.com, 45,000 records for their video site, 15,000 records from the hunting site muleyfreak.com, and 24,000…
Jack Daniel’s Manufacturer Was Target of Apparent Ransomware Attack
Jordan Robertson reports: Brown-Forman Corp., a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages including Jack Daniel’s and Finlandia, said it was hit by a cyber-attack in which some information, including employee data, may have been impacted. The company, which is based in Louisville, Kentucky, said in a statement it was able to prevent its systems from being encrypted,…
Texas Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Computer Hacking and Aggravated Identity Theft
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of New York, yesterday, an update on a previously reported case: ALBANY, NEW YORK –Tyler C. King, age 31, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with his hacking of a New York-based technology company….
Check Point researchers uncovered Alexa flaw that exposed personal information and speech histories
Sharon Ross reports: Researchers at Check Point say they identified an exploit in Amazon’s Alexa voice platform that could have given attackers access to users’ personal information, speech histories, and Amazon accounts. In a blog post, they describe the way in which an attack might have been carried out against a user, beginning with a…
Travelex Forced into Administration After Ransomware Attack
After all these years of reporting on breaches, it’s still unusual to read that a company has folded as a result of a data breach, but we live in different times because of the added burden of the pandemic. Phil Muncaster reports: Ransomware victim Travelex has been forced into administration, with over 1000 jobs set…