Nelson Daranciang reports: Credit and debit card information stolen in a 2017 and 2018 Zippy’s data breach was used to make fraudulent purchases in 17 foreign countries and 28 states, including 595 in Hawaii, said Deputy Prosecutor Chris Van Marter. You can read more on Honolulu Star-Advertiser if you have a subscription. Back in January,…
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Aavgo security lapse exposed hotel bookings
Zack Whittaker reports: A security lapse at a hotel management startup has exposed hotel bookings and guests’ personal information. The security lapse was resolved Monday after TechCrunch reached out to Aavgo, a hospitality tech company based in San Francisco, which secured a server it had left online without a password. The server was open for…
Sprint says hackers breached customer accounts via Samsung website
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US mobile network operator Sprint said hackers broke into an unknown number of customer accounts via the Samsung.com “add a line” website. “On June 22, Sprint was informed of unauthorized access to your Sprint account using your account credentials via the Samsung.com ‘add a line’ website,” Sprint said in a letter it…
Japanese Exchange Bitpoint Hit By $32m Cyber-Attack
Phil Muncaster reports: Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has become the latest to lose tens of millions of dollars in a cyber-attack. The firm said it was forced on Friday to stop all services — including withdrawals, deposits, payments, and new account openings — while it investigated the incident. It has also notified the relevant authorities…
Evite Invites Over 100 Million People to Their Data Breach
Lawrence Abrams has a small update to the Evite breach that was first reported in April by ZDNet after a hacker calling themself “GnosticPlayers” put data up for sale on the dark web along with data of other firms: The data breach monitoring service Haveibeenpwned.com has added a database dump of almost 101 million Evite users…
Estonian information authority urges attention to cybersecurity following breaches
Baltic News Service reports: The Information System Authority (RIA) has urged both individuals and businesses to take seriously the issue of data protection and security. The announcement follows several recent, potentially serious data leaks, involving the retail and service sector, as well as one municipality, Baltic News Service reports. Breaches occurring happened over the past…