Reuters reports: Darden Restaurants Inc said on Wednesday it was recently notified by federal authorities that guest data from certain of its Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen restaurants may have been compromised in a cyber attack incident. The Olive Garden owner said its systems and networks were unaffected by the incident, as the breach occurred on a…
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37,000 Eir customers face data breach in laptop theft
Adrian Weckler reports: Some 37,000 Eir customers have been hit by a security breach after a staff laptop was stolen. The telecoms firm said that the breach happened when an unencrypted device was stolen outside an office at the weekend. Customer data exposed included names, email addresses, phone numbers and Eir account numbers. However, Eir…
Canadian Telcos Patch Vulnerability in TRS Systems
Catalin Cimpanu reports on a vulnerability first reported by Project Insecurity researchers: All major Canadian internet service providers (ISPs) have patched a vulnerability this week in their telecommunications relay services (TRSs). TRS systems, or IP-relays, are telco-provided services that allow people with disabilities —such as deafness or speech disorders— to place calls to standard telephone…
Animoto hack exposes personal information, geolocation data
Zack Whittaker reports: Animoto, a cloud-based video maker service for social media sites, has revealed a data breach. The breach occurred on July 10 but was confirmed by the company in early August, and later reported to the California attorney general. Names, dates of birth and user email addresses were accessed by hackers, but the…
Twitch Glitch Exposed Some Users’ Private Messages
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Twitch is warning users of a bug in one of its recently retired features that may have exposed some of their messages to other users. “On May 5, 2018, Twitch removed a legacy feature called Messages and provided users the ability to download an archive of past messages,” the game streaming company…
Melbourne teen hacked into Apple’s secure computer network, court told
Erin Pearson reports: A Melbourne private schoolboy who repeatedly broke into Apple’s secure computer systems is facing criminal charges after the technology giant called in the FBI. The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, broke into Apple’s mainframe from his suburban home on multiple occasions over a year because he was such a…