Courtney Schoenemann reports that a security analyst who goes dumpster diving in his spare time, came across a filing cabinet of account receivables from an Austin home remodeling company that had been dumped by an as-yet unnamed company: “Their routing numbers, bank account numbers, some had their driver’s license numbers on their checks. Everything you…
Category: Business Sector
Data breach hits Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor stores
Matt O’Brien reports: A data breach at department store chains Saks Fifth Avenue, Saks Off Fifth and Lord & Taylor has compromised the personal information of customers who shopped at the stores. The chains’ parent company, Canada-based Hudson’s Bay Co., announced the breach of its store payment systems on Sunday. The company said it was…
Web Developer Accused Of Stealing Data, Computer Tampering
Michael Woyton reports on a case in New Rochelle, New York: A web developer was arrested in New Rochelle for using his former employer’s data and computer servers to set up his own business. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Friday that Nial Yusupov, 25, of New Rochelle was arraigned March 28…
Under Armour says data breach affected about 150 million MyFitnessPal accounts
Chloe Aiello reports: Shares of Under Armour dropped 3.8 percent, before paring losses, after the active-wear company informed users of its online fitness and nutrition website their data had been compromised. Under Armour announced on Thursday that the breach affected an estimated 150 million users of its food and nutrition application, MyFitnessPal. The investigation indicates…
Grindr security flaws expose users’ location data
Brian Latimer reports: Grindr, a gay-dating app, suffers from two security issues that can expose the information of its more than 3 million daily users, including the location data of people who have opted out of sharing such information, according to cybersecurity experts. The security flaws were identified by Trever Faden, CEO of the property…
U.S. formally sanctions hacker who leaked Game of Thrones information last year.
I had reported on the indictment last week, but the focus of this piece by Harris puzzled me: The hacker’s name is Behzad Mesri. He was indicted in November of 2017 after he tried to extort $6 million in bitcoin from HBO, operating under the name “little.finger66,” because of course that’s the name he chose. Now, the Justice…