WHAM reports: A Rochester man previously charged with recording a woman at a tanning salon in Rochester without her permission may have stolen personal information and photos from as many as 150 victims, according to an FBI investigation. On December 7, 2016, investigators with the Rochester Police Department said a woman at the Zoom Tan…
Category: Business Sector
Typeform Announces Breach After Hacker Grabs Backup File
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Barcelona-based online survey and form building service Typeform announced a data breach today after an unknown attacker downloaded a backup file containing sensitive customer information. The backup file contained data gathered by Typeform customers through surveys and online forms up until May 3, 2018. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Linux distro hacked on GitHub, “all code considered compromised”
Paul Ducklin writes: Data breaches are always bad news, and this one is peculiarly bad. Gentoo, a popular distribution of Linux, has had its GitHub repository hacked. Hacked, as in “totally pwned”, taken over, and modified; so far, no one seems to be sure quite how or why. That’s the bad news. Fortunately (we like…
Adidas data-security breach could involve “a few million customers”
Kate Gibson reports: Adidas AG says data involving millions of customers may be in the hands of hackers following a possible security breach of its U.S. website, news that adds the athletic apparel company to a growing list of companies and institutions targeted in cyber attacks. Adidas on Thursday said it became aware of the…
Equifax Engineer Who Designed Breach Website Charged With Insider Trading
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has indicted a former Equifax engineer on charges of insider trading. According to court documents, Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, 44, of Cumming, Georgia, worked for Equifax between September 2003 and March 2018. Starting September 2013, Bonthu worked as Production Development Manager of Software Engineering in Equifax’s…
Two Hackers Arrested for Hijacking Over 700,000 Online Accounts
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Russian police have arrested two teenage hackers for breaching, hijacking, and selling access to over 700,000 online accounts at Russian-based online stores, payment systems, and bookmaking/betting portals. Russian cyber-security firm Group-IB aided authorities with the investigation. A Group-IB spokesperson said the company first became aware of the two hackers in November 2015,…