Jan Colley, Simon Smith, and Gareth Bartlett report: Staff at Morrisons could be about to receive a massive payout after their personal details were posted on the internet. A huge data leak by the supermarket giant has allowed a claim by thousands of workers. They are seeking compensation for the upset and distress caused and…
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Florida-based credit firm left 111GB of sensitive customer data exposed on AWS server
Patrick Howell O’Neill reports: A Florida-based credit repair company left 111 gigabytes of extremely sensitive customer information and internal company data publicly accessible on the internet possibly for up to two years. The National Credit Federation publicly exposed 47,000 files that included customer names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, credit reports,…
More than two years after compromise, Combat Brands was still battling malware?
First, there was this: On January 25, 2017, Combat Brands began investigating some unusual activity reported by its credit card processor. Combat Brands immediately began to work with third-party forensic experts to investigate these reports and to identify any signs of compromise on its systems. On February 23, 2017, Combat Brands discovered that it was…
Russian Cyber-Criminal Roman Valeryevich Seleznev Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Role in Organized Cybercrime Ring Responsible for $50 Million in Online Identity Theft and $9 Million Bank Fraud Conspiracy
There’s an update to a case this site has been following for the past several years. A Russian cyber-criminal was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million cyberfraud ring and for defrauding banks of $9 million through a hacking scheme. Roman Valeryevich Seleznev aka Track2, Bulba and Ncux,…
Senate GOP campaign arm stole donor data from House Republicans
Politico reports: Staffers for Senate Republicans’ campaign arm seized information on more than 200,000 donors from the House GOP campaign committee over several months this year by breaking into its computer system, three sources with knowledge of the breach told POLITICO. The unauthorized raid on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s data created a behind-the-scenes rift…
Shipping firm Clarksons braces for data leak after refusing to pay hacker
Rob Davies reports: Shipping company Clarksons is bracing for a tranche of private data to be released, after refusing to pay a ransom to a hacker who staged a “criminal attack” on its computer systems. In a statement to the stock market, the world’s largest shipbroker said it was working with specialist police and contacting…