BBC reports: Thousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers have had their internet access cut by an attack targeting certain types of internet routers. A spokeswoman for the Post Office told the BBC that the problem began on Sunday and had affected about 100,000 of its customers. Talk Talk also confirmed that some of its…
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Ca: Justice ministry looking into privacy breach case at Vonda SGI issuer
More details have emerged on a breach initially disclosed in July. CTV reports: Saskatchewan’s justice ministry is investigating a privacy breach in which an employee at a private SGI licence issuer in Vonda accessed information on thousands of people. A report from the province’s privacy commissioner states the breach involved an employee at Hometown Insurance…
Data breach exposed locations of oil industry explosives, handler credentials
Dell Cameron reports: A misconfigured storage device discovered by a security researcher in October left exposed thousands of internal files belonging to an explosives-handling company. The files, which have since been secured, reportedly included details about facilities in three U.S. states where explosives are stored. The leaky file repository belonged to Allied-Horizontal Wireline Services(AHWS), a leading wireline company…
Notice of Data Incident to the Past and Present Clients of Hillary Tentler, CPA
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2016 — On November 4, 2016, Hillary Tentler discovered that her home was broken into that day. Upon discovery, she immediately notified the Santa Barbara CountySheriff’s office and a police report was filed. Unfortunately, along with personal effects, the burglars stole three back up hard drives for her CPA practice. On November 9, 2016, the Sheriff’s…
Check Point reveals 1,000,000 Gmail accounts were hacked
Arutz Sheva reports: Security researchers at Israeli software security company Check Point revealed Wednesday that a fresh Android security breach has resulted in more than one million Google accounts being hacked, accordng to a Channel 2 report. According to the company’s researchers, attackers were able to gain access to the personal information of over one million GMAIL…
Zynga sues 2 former employees over alleged massive data heist
Cyrus Farivar reports: On Tuesday, Zynga sued two of its former employees. The company claims they stole confidential information and took it to their new employer, rival social gaming startup, Scopely. Massimo Maietti and Ehud Barlach worked as higher-up employees for the San Francisco-based Zynga until they left in July and September, respectively. Scopely, which makes Dice with Buddies, Wheel…