Anthony Macuk reports: Burgerville announced Wednesday that its network had been hit by a cybersecurity breach that may have resulted in customers’ credit and debit card information being compromised, including names, card numbers, expiration dates and three-digit CVV numbers. The company is urging anyone who used a credit or debit card at a Burgerville location…
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Website flaw exposed a Canadian ISP’s entire customer database
Zack Whittaker reports: Canadian internet provider Altima Telecom has fixed a flaw in its website that could have given an attacker full access to its customer database. The customer database was connected to the company’s website, but could be remotely accessed with a blind SQL injection attack. Daley Borda, founder of Underdog Security, found the…
Sales engagement startup Apollo says its massive contacts database was stolen in a data breach
Zack Whittaker reports: Apollo, a sales engagement startup boasting a database of more than 200 million contact records, has been hacked. The YC Combinator-backed company, formerly known as ZenProspect, helps salespeople connect with prospective customers. Read more on TechCrunch.
Facebook may face $1.63 billion EU fine for breach
Sam Schechner reports: A European Union privacy watchdog could fine Facebook Inc. as much as $1.63 billion for a data breach announced Friday in which hackers compromised the accounts of more than 50 million users, if regulators find the company violated the bloc’s strict new privacy law. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which is Facebook’s lead…
Telegram fixes IP address leak in desktop client
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Telegram users who specifically utilize the application for its anonymity features are advised to update their desktop clients as soon as possible to patch a bug that will leak their IP address in some scenarios. The bug was found by Dhiraj Mishra, a bug hunter from Mumbai, India, and was patched by…
2 men arrested in Oklahoma, suspected in $14 million cryptocurrency theft, hacking of California company
Bill Miston reports on quick work by law enforcement: Two men arrested in Oklahoma City this week are suspected of hacking and stealing millions of dollars from a California-based cryptocurrency company. Fletcher Robert Childers, 23, and Joseph Harris, 21, both of Missouri, were arrested by Oklahoma City Police at a west side hotel Monday. According…