Lawrence Abrams reports: Hackers are using an unknown method to make fraudulent charges on PayPal accounts linked via GooglePay. These transactions are being charged through Target stores or Starbucks in the United States even though the account holders are in Germany. Starting on February 22nd, numerous people in Germany began reporting [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] that their PayPal…
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Transavia data breach could affect 80,000 passengers
NL Times reports: The data of 80 thousand Transavia passengers leaked out after an e-mail inbox containing the data was breached, the Dutch low-cost flyer said on Monday. The data that was released includes passengers’ full names, date of birth, flight information, booking number, luggage purchase, and additionally requested services like wheelchair assistance. Read more…
Rallyhood exposed a decade of users’ private data
Zack Whittaker reports on a 4.1 terabyte leak found by a researcher using the handle “Timeless:” Rallyhood boasts users from Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, and Komen, Habitat for Humanities, and YMCA factions. The company also hosts thousands of smaller groups, like local bands, sports teams, art clubs, and organizing committees. Many flocked to…
Safaricom Hits Back Accusing Petitioner Of Stealing Customer Data In The Ksh115 Trillion Lawsuit
Alvin Wanjala reports: Last year July Safaricom was sued in a class-action suit [by] Benedict Kabugi Ngungu, for mishandling customer data. According to the case file, the telco was taken to court for allegedly exposing sports betting history and biodata of 11.5million subscribers. At the time, the petitioner said that one of the company’s subscriber…
Lawsuit filed against MGM Resorts International over data breach
From the this-is-my-shocked-face department. Lucas Wright reports: A lawsuit has been filed against MGM Resorts, following the news that the company experienced a data breach last summer. Florida law group “Morgan & Morgan” says MGM failed to protect the 10 million customers’ personal information, they say was compromised. They also say the company tried to…
Endeavor Energy Resources notifies employees and dependents after employee fell prey to phishing attack
Statement from Endeavor Energy Resources (via MRT): “Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. (“Endeavor”), an oil and gas exploration and production company, discovered on Jan. 14 that earlier that day an unauthorized party, through a phishing scam, possibly gained access to unsecured protected health information stored in the corporate, Office 365 account of an Endeavor employee. After…