Donnie O’Sullivan reports: Almost 30 million Facebook users’ phone numbers and email addresses were accessed by hackers in the biggest security breach in the company’s history, Facebook said Friday. The attackers accessed even more details on 14 million of those users, including the area where they live, their relationship status, their religion, and part of…
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MindBody-owned FitMetrix exposed millions of user records — thanks to servers without passwords
Zack Whittaker reports: FitMetrix, a fitness technology and performance tracking company owned by gym booking giant Mindbody, has exposed millions of user records because it left several of its servers without a password. The company builds fitness tracking software for gyms and group classes that displays heart rate and other fitness metric information for interactive…
Hackers breach web hosting provider for the second time in the past year
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The South African branch of Hetzner, a well-known web hosting provider, has suffered its second security breach in the past year, ZDNet has learned from the company’s customers. According to an email affected users received this week, this second breach came to light last week, on Friday. Read more on ZDNet.
Senators request Google provide internal memo reportedly urging Google+ cover-up
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Three Republican senators have sent a letter to Google today demanding the company hand over an internal memo based on which Google decided to cover up a Google+ data leak instead of going public as most companies do. The existence of this internal memo came to light on Monday in a Wall…
Alibaba passes blame for Alipay thefts to Apple
Asia Times reports: Chinese tech giant Alibaba warned users on Wednesday that they could be at risk from making cashless transactions or paying bills with its Alipay application on Apple gadgets, stressing that the security loophole was not the fault of its app but of the US firm. An Apple security breach was blamed by…
Garmin-owned navigation unit exposed thousands of boat owners’ data
Zack Whittaker reports: Navionics, an electronic navigational chart maker owned by tech giant Garmin, has secured an exposed database that contained hundreds of thousands of customer records. The MongoDB database wasn’t secured with a password, allowing anyone who knew where to look to access and download the data. The company’s main products give boat, yacht…