Catalin Cimpanu reports: On Wednesday, November 29, a Kansas City court sentenced a Missouri man to six years in federal prison without parole for hacking his former employer, stealing trade secrets, and for accessing child pornography. The man is Jacob Raines, 38, of Parkville, Missouri, who worked as IT manager for American Crane & Tractor…
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July Systems data leak: Massive trove of sensitive information exposed online via unsecured database
India Ashok reports: A massive trove of sensitive data was left freely exposed online by San Francisco-based July Systems. The company’s cloud-based location intelligence and engagement platform called “Proximity MX”, which contains proprietary information belonging to the firm and its clients, were exposed via unsecured Amazon S3 databases. […] According to security researchers at Kromtech,…
A popular virtual keyboard app leaks 31 million users’ personal data
Zack Whittaker reports: Personal data belonging to over 31 million customers of a popular virtual keyboard app has leaked online, after the app’s developer failed to secure the database’s server. The server is owned by Eitan Fitusi, co-founder of AI.type, a customizable and personalizable on-screen keyboard, which boasts more than 40 million users across the…
UK: Hacker warned he faces jail after admitting cyber crimes
BBC reports an update to the Alex Bessell case: A computer hacker has admitted a series of cyber crimes, including attacks on Google, Skype and other companies. Alex Bessell from Liverpool, admitted nine offences, including receiving £50,000 from proceeds of a website he set up to sell malware and botnets. The 21-year-old’s crimes also included…
PayPal Admits Acquired Company Suffered Major Breach
Phil Muncaster reports: PayPal has been left red-faced after it was forced to admit a massive data breach at recently acquired TIO Networks affecting 1.6 million customers. The payments giant said in a statement that TIO’s operations had been suspended since November 10, while it investigated “security vulnerabilities” in the firm’s platform. Read more on…
Personal information of up to 9,000 customers affected by possible security breach, CU says
Alissa Zhu reports: City Utilities has identified up to 9,000 customers who used payment kiosks or a certain mobile app to pay their utilities bills. Those customers’ personal information may be affected by a possible security breach, according to a news release. Information potentially at risk for those individuals include names, addresses, phone numbers, utility billing accounts, bank…