Michael Kan reports: The organizer behind the E3 gaming convention has messed up bad by accidentally leaking the contact information to more than 2,000 journalists who attended the show this year. For some reason, E3’s public website featured a link to a spreadsheet containing the sensitive information, which includes email addresses, addresses and phone numbers…
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StockX was hacked, exposing millions of customers’ data
Zack Whittaker reports: It wasn’t “system updates” as it claimed. StockX was mopping up after a data breach, TechCrunch can confirm. The fashion and sneaker trading platform pushed out a password reset email to its users on Thursday citing “system updates,” but left users confused and scrambling for answers. StockX told users that the email…
Nigerian National Involved in Business E-Mail Compromise Scheme Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STANLEY HUGOCHUKWU NWOKE, also known as “Stanley Banks,” “Banks,” “Hugo Banks,” “Banky,” and “Jose Calderon,” 28, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment for his role in…
U.S. indicts three over alleged phishing campaign targeting universities, businesses
Bradley Barth reports: The Department of Justice has indicted two Americans and a Nigerian on multiple charges for their alleged roles in a phishing scheme that targeted college employees, banks and other businesses from May 2013 through June 2014. Filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Mexico, the indictment identifies the defendants as…
Up to Ten Thousand Customers Possibly Affected in Aegon Life Insurance Data Leak
Anuj Srivas reports: New Delhi: The personal data of up to 10,000 customers of Aegon Life Insurance customers may have been exposed publicly due to a security vulnerability on the company’s website. The data that was exposed included everything from basic demographic information – such as name, age, gender, mobile phone numbers – to more…
Clothing marketplace Poshmark confirms data breach
Zack Whittaker reports: Poshmark, an online marketplace for buying and selling clothes, has reported a data breach. The company said in a brief blog post that user profile information, including names and usernames, gender and city data was taken by an “unauthorized third party.” Email addresses, size preferences, and scrambled passwords were also taken. Read…