Dell Cameron reports on a data leak involving Octoly: More than 12,000 prominent social media influencers from YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and the gaming platform Twitch were exposed last month by a data breach at a marketing firm that pairs online stars with top brands seeking product reviews and endorsements, according to researchers at the security…
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Trump’s CFPB Chief Pulls Back on Equifax Data Breach Probe: Report
Patrick Rucker reports: Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc. failed to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, according to people familiar with the matter. Equifax (EFX.N) said in September that hackers stole personal data it had collected on some…
Hack The Box discloses email gaffe
Nowadays, you are more likely to first learn of breaches on Twitter than from the entity’s site or email, as this thread today from Hack The Box demonstrates: Dear users – we apologise unreservedly for the recent disclosure of email addresses. A statement will follow shortly regarding the cause, impact, and preventative measures that we’ll…
HomeApplicationsXGimp & MaxiPDF apps leak thousands of private photos and docs online XGimp & MaxiPDF apps leak thousands of private photos and docs online
Gaurav Shukla writes: In what could be termed as a massive security breach, three Android apps offered by developer DMobileAndroid were found to be inadvertently sharing thousands of private photos and documents online. The apps offered by the developer are XGimp, MaxiPDF and Docswork, each of which has been downloaded anywhere between 100,000 and 500,000…
People are taking Equifax to small-claims court via chatbot — and winning
Ethan Wolff-Mann reports: In September, entrepreneur Joshua Browder’s Do Not Pay chatbot website added a new skill: allowing people to sue Equifax for its monumental data breach that exposed the personal information of 145.5 million people, which included Social Security numbers. A few months later, the results are coming in and people are winning judgements…
Hackers breached BeeToken’s email list and stole $1M worth of Ethereum
TNW reports: It appears cryptocurrency startup BeeToken, which promised to disrupt the home sharing industry by putting its service on the blockchain, has been hacked. The attackers are actively targeting its initial coin offering (ICO) with phishing attacks and have already duped gullible investors for over $1 million worth of Ethereum. The company has confirmed…