Jason Leopold reports: One late morning in May 2016, the leaders of the Democratic National Committee huddled around a packed conference table and stared at Robert Johnston. The former Marine Corps captain gave his briefing with unemotional military precision, but what he said was so unnerving that a high-level DNC official curled up in a…
Category: Business Sector
Corporate watchdog Asic in privacy breach exposing users’ search history
Joshua Robertson reports: Australia’s corporate regulator has committed a serious privacy breach via a flaw in its website that exposes the search records of anyone tapping into its company database. The breach, which opens up free backdoor access to company search histories, including by investigative journalists and finance industry professionals, remained live on the Australian…
Former Yahoo CEO apologizes for data breach, blames Russians
David Shepardson reports: Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for a pair of massive data breaches at the internet company and blamed Russian agents at a hearing on the growing number of incidents involving major U.S. companies. Read more on Reuters.
HBO sends out breach notifications after May hack
So this is interesting. HBO is sending out breach notification letters related to their breach in May that was disclosed back in July. But to whom are the notifications going? Employees? Customers? Both? And why did it take so many months for notifications to be sent? From their notification letter, copies of which are now…
Feds: Ex-employee targeted Minnesota company with ‘hacker-for-hire’
Mark Reilly reports: Federal prosecutors say a cyberattack on a Monticello-based technology company was prompted by a former worker who hired outside hackers to bring down its websites. The Star Tribune reports on the charges against John Kelsey Gammell, a former Minnesota resident who allegedly hired a hacking-for-hire service in Israel to target Washburn Computer…
Police Arrest Suspect in #LeakTheAnalyst Mandiant Hacking Incident
Well, I missed this one, but thankfully, Catalin Cimpanu didn’t. He reports: Law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual believed to be behind Operation #LeakTheAnalyst that took place over the summer. “For the past 90 days, we have worked closely with law enforcement, both domestically and internationally, to assist in the investigation and identification of…