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Phishing attack potentially compromised 18,000 Gannett employees’ accounts

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Dissent

Elizabeth Weise reports: A phishing email attack potentially compromised the accounts of as many as 18,000 current and former employees of media company Gannett Co. As of Tuesday there was no indication of access to or acquisition of any sensitive personal data from employees’ accounts, said the company. Gannett Co. (GCI) is the owner of USA TODAY,…

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UK: Online retailer left customers’ financial details vulnerable to cyber attack

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Dissent

From the Information Commissioner’s Office: An online building products supplier has been fined £55,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after the firm failed to protect its customers’ personal information. Construction Materials Online Ltd (CMO) was unaware its website contained a coding error which left it vulnerable to attack. On 6 May 2014 an attacker…

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Retina-X Studios Server Breached by Hackers

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Dissent

Last week, Kelly Austin reported: We must share some bad news that recently came to our attention. While we were under the impression that a hardware failure had occurred on one of our servers, several products of Retina-X Studios fell victim to a data breach at the end of February 2017. The attacker did not…

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Sadly, laptops stolen from cars are still a thing

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Dissent

From a notification filed on behalf of Donaldson Company, Inc.: On March 24, 2017, a Donaldson employee’s company-issued, user ID and password-protected laptop was stolen from the employee’s vehicle while it was located off Donaldson’s premises. On March 29, 2017, Donaldson discovered that the laptop contained, in electronic form, certain Donaldson employees’ personal information, specifically…

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TheDarkOverlord leaks upcoming episode of Orange is the New Black after Netflix doesn’t pay extortion demand (Updated)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Dissent

After a two-month hiatus, and with pixels to spare, TheDarkOverlord let it be known today that they are still hacking and attempting to extort their victims: And so let it be read that the loathsome giants do too fall. Hello Netflix, we’ve arrived: https://t.co/Fmb1gsZf4a — thedarkoverlord (@tdohack3r) April 28, 2017 “And so let it be read that the…

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Info on Home Depot customers exposed (but no financial data)

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Dissent

Michael E. Kanell reports: A spread sheet listing about 8,000 customers, along with their transaction and a range of personal information, was posted for an unknown amount of time, on a Home Depot web site. No financial data was part of the list, which did not compare with the 2014 data breach in which hackers…

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