So after HaveIBeenPwned started notifying users of a MoDaCo breach, and users started complaining on MoDaCo’s forum as to why they hadn’t been informed of the breach by MoDaCo and would MoDaCo please delete their accounts, MoDaCo issued the following statement: Earlier today a number of users contacted us to inform us that data breach tracking…
Category: Business Sector
The Breach That Supposedly Isn’t a Breach
Discussing an incident disclosed by Troy Hunt this week, Jeremy Kirk reports: The handling of a recent data breach – the details of which are still unfolding – by Oakland, Calif.-based web services company Regpack provides a look into how the discovery and disclosure of a breach can turn into a real train wreck. Read…
China hackers swipe millions in data breach
Jon Marino reports: A big Wall Street technology firm is being sued after allegedly falling for a run-of-the-mill email scam and wiring client funds to hackers. SS&C Technologies, a $6 billion market capitalization company that bills itself as “the most comprehensive powerhouse of software technology in the financial services industry,” was duped by China-based hackers…
OH: City says it wasn’t hacked by group
Kevin Grasha reports: City officials Wednesday rejected an alleged computer hacker group’s claim that they had obtained email passwords for more than 280 City of Cincinnati email accounts, including Mayor John Cranley’s. In a memo to Cranley and city council members, City Manager Harry Black said information technology officials are continuing to monitor and guard against hack attempts involving the…
Empire Minecraft [NOTICE] Staff Information Data Leak
Krysyy wrote: Dear EMC Community, It has come to our attention that one of our Staff Team member’s accounts was recently compromised. A banned player with malicious intentions utilized a Staff member’s account and accessed staff confidential information. Some of you may have already been aware of this, due to the player’s not-so-subtle temp and…
Trump’s campaign mute about data security #fail?
It may not be on the level of failing to adequately secure State Department communications, but it seems Donald Trump’s organization could use a refresher course on data security. And when it finishes that, it might want to tackle a course on transparency. On Sunday night, DataBreaches.net received an email from MacKeeper Security Research Center lead researcher Chris Vickery….