Allen St. John writes: Consumers whose personal information was exposed by the 2017 Equifax data breach are running out of time to receive compensation, though the amount is likely to be far less than many had hoped. The deadline for seeking reimbursement for time, losses and out-of-pocket expenses from the breach, which affected more than…
Category: Business Sector
“Real People,” real data leak: Production company leak exposed personal data of Dove ‘real people’ ad participants
Lucy Ingham reports: A data breach at UK-based Fresh Film Productions, which makes adverts for high-profile companies including Unilever, has exposed sensitive personal data of participants in antiperspirant brand Dove’s ‘real people’ campaign. The company inadvertently exposed the data, which included bank details and passport scans, by leaving a company server hosted online on an…
49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads put up for sale online
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A hacker is currently selling a huge database of 49 million business contacts on a underground hacking forum, ZDNet has learned. The hacker claims the data belongs to LimeLeads, a San Francisco-based business-to-business (B2B) leads generator, which +makes its money by renting access to an internal database containing business contacts that can be…
Smart cities with not-so-smart security — again!
Smart cities are a very hot topic these days as we have seen reports of facial detection and state surveillance in China as well as other Asian countries and Ecuador. Recently we have also seen news about an Alibaba-owned project called City Brain that has advanced video and processing ability for facial detection, real-time information…
Russians Reportedly Hacked Ukrainian Firm At Center Of Trump Impeachment Scandal
AP reports: A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents have successfully hacked the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Russian agents launched a phishing campaign in early November to steal the login credentials of employees of Burisma Holdings, the gas company, according to Area…
Baby’s First Data Breach: App Exposes Baby Photos, Videos
Jeremy Kirk reports on a data leak: Picture this: A short video features a bundled baby, snoring gently, who flashes a couple of involuntary, sleepy smiles as someone sings a lullaby. Unfortunately, that video is one of what appear to be thousands of baby videos and images that are being left unsecured and exposed to…