Meagan Simpson reports that a Toronto man is suing Facebook Inc., Facebook Canada, and Cambridge Analytica. The basis for his suit is that he has experienced hundreds of unwarranted calls and emails since the breach, he claims, and those calls and emails are due to the breach of his information. The whole experience, he alleges,…
Category: Business Sector
50,553,664 GOMO app users’ information exposed – researcher (UPDATED)
By Lee Johnstone and Dissent Doe Sungy Mobile Limited (“GOMO”) claims to be the world’s leading mobile application developer and mobile advertising platform, with more than 2 billion downloads. Their GO Series apps include GOMO Reading, GO Launcher, GO SMS, GO Keyboard Pro, Z Camera, S Photo Editor, GO Music, GO Speed, Brightest Flashlight, and Z…
UK: Butlin’s admits 34,000 guest records stolen in hack
Alexander J. Martin reports: Butlin’s has confirmed that the records of up to 34,000 guests have been accessed by hackers. The holiday camp chain says the stolen data does not include payment details – but customers’ names, holiday dates, postal and email addresses and telephone numbers are believed to have been accessed. A spokesperson confirmed…
Amazon AWS error exposes info on 31,000 GoDaddy servers
Mallory Locklear reports: Data leaks are par for the course these days, and the latest company to be involved in one is GoDaddy. The company, which says it’s the world’s top domain name registrar with over 18 million customers, is the subject of a new report from cybersecurity firm UpGuard that was shared exclusively with…
“Stevenkings” charged with creating “Medusa IRC Botnet DDoS” malware used against Bay Area company’s website
SAN JOSE – A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Travis Cole Malone, Jr., on July 12, 2018, for conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and for causing the transmission of code to damage protected computers, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John…
Arrested at airport as he was leaving for Serbia: Hacker charged with hacking computer network of Bay area video-game company
SAN FRANCISCO – Martin Marsich made an initial appearance today on a criminal complaint charging him with crimes related to the illegal intrusion of the computer network of a Bay Area video-game company, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The allegations against…