From the add-this-to-the-list-of-concerns-about-Samsung dept. Matt Metzger writes: About four months ago, I ordered a new TV directly from Samsung’s online store. A few days later, I received a tracking link via email. http://www.agsystems.com/listhawb.asp?searchtype=hawb&searchvalue=1138977 Reusing Tracking Numbers When I first received the link, it showed an order that wasn’t my own. I assumed there was some sort of…
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Wishbone app data breach affects huge number of users
Brittany A. Roston reports: Wishbone, an app popular among teenagers, has suffered a data breach, it has been revealed. The company informed its users of the intrusion in a notification recently, saying it became aware of the data swipe on March 14. The notification says that unknown individuals “may have had access” to the company’s API…
UK: ‘43,000 individuals’ possibly affected after ABTA web server hacked
TTG reports: The organisation said today it had become aware of “unauthorised access to the web server supporting abta.com by an external infiltrator exploiting a vulnerability”. The web server is managed for Abta through a third-party web developer and hosting company. “The infiltrator exploited that vulnerability to access data provided by some customers of Abta…
UK: Fine for lawyer who stored client files on home computer
A senior barrister who failed to keep clients’ sensitive personal information secure has been fined £1,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Information belonging to up to 250 people, including vulnerable adults and children, was uploaded to the internet when the barrister’s husband updated software on the couple’s home computer. Some 725 unencrypted documents, which were created…
Justice Department charging Russian spies and criminal hackers in Yahoo intrusion
Update: The DOJ’s press release can be found here and the indictment can be found here. Ellen Nakashima reports: The Justice Department is set to announce Wednesday the indictments of two Russian spies and two criminal hackers in connection with the heist of 500 million Yahoo user accounts in 2014, marking the first U.S. criminal cyber…
Database with personal info on 33M apparently breached
Joe Uchill reports: A database of information on 33 million people was leaked to a researcher, apparently breached from a large business services company. Troy Hunt, who runs the website “Have I Been Pwned” that lets users check if their data has been pilfered, reported receiving the database in a blog post. Hunt did initial analysis of…