A vulnerability in a mobile application that many Israelis use to pay their water or other municipal bills may have left 860,000 – 1,000,000 users at risk of account takeover or theft of their personal information. The Waterly app, by M.G.A.R. Ltd, allows users to sign up to pay their water bills. As part of the process, signing up creates…
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PA: Alleged computer hacker pleads not guilty, heads to trial in Feb.
James Halpin reports: A city man facing federal computer hacking charges pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Justin Bodnar, 27, is charged with one count each of illegally accessing a protected computer and intentionally damaging a protected computer connected to incidents in 2012 and 2013. Prosecutors allege he accessed the emails of someone in an attempt to…
Avison Young says ex-brokers took confidential information
Ryan Ori reports: Commercial real estate brokerage Avison Young sued three brokers who recently left for another firm, accusing them of taking confidential information on their way out. Avison Young alleges that industrial brokers Keith Puritz, Brett Kroner and Eric Fischer “downloaded massive amounts of data” from the firm before resigning to work at rival…
UK: Car rental firm data thieves sentenced after ICO investigation
From the ICO: Former employees of Enterprise-Rent-A-Car have been sentenced for conspiring to steal customer information that accident claims companies could use to make nuisance calls and sell on as personal injury claims. Details of tens of thousands of customers from the car hire company were sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds, leading to unlawful…
FTC Charges D-Link Put Consumers’ Privacy at Risk Due to the Inadequate Security of Its Computer Routers and Cameras
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Taiwan-based computer networking equipment manufacturer D-Link Corporation and its U.S. subsidiary, alleging that inadequate security measures taken by the company left its wireless routers and Internet cameras vulnerable to hackers and put U.S. consumers’ privacy at risk. In a complaint filed in the Northern District of California,…
Ashley Madison Data Breach Claims Should Be Arbitrated, Company Says
Amanda Bronstad reports: AshleyMadison.com’s parent company is hoping to knock out more than 20 class actions filed over its 2015 data breach by invoking online arbitration agreements the plaintiffs signed when they subscribed to its matchmaking services. The move to arbitrate comes after Avid Life Media Inc., which has been rebranded as Ruby Corp., agreed…