Joseph Cox reports: User details for online, free-to-play game ‘Warframe’ are being traded in the digital underground. The nearly 800,000 records include email addresses, usernames, and dates for when the account was created and last logged into. Warframe is available on PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One, and is consistently in the top 20 played games on Steam. Troy Hunt,…
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WikiLeaks misstep: leaks thousands of DNC emails, some containing personal information
D.B. Hebbard reports: If WikiLeaks wanted to cause itself irreparable damage, it could not have done worse than to publish a huge dump of emails, some of which contain personal information such as passport or social security numbers, or credit card information. The organization, which usually gets support from the tech and liberal media, is…
Glassdoor email gaffe exposers users’ email addresses
So Glassdoor updated its terms of service, and dutifully notified its users by putting all their email addresses in the TO: field. Yeah, you read that right. And no one apparently noticed before hitting SEND. Leading to a second email later today: Dear Glassdoor User: Earlier today we inadvertently exposed your email address to other…
Teenager who hacked governments worldwide is spared jail
Martin Evans reports: A teenage computer hacker who shutdown government networks across the world and sent bomb threats to US airlines from his bedroom, has walked free from court. The 16-year-old from Plympton in Devon, began hacking the sites of organisations and governments he disagreed with when he was just 14. Using a laptop computer in…
Hacker steals 1.6 million accounts from top mobile game’s forum
Why don’t people patch vBulletin? This may be one of the mysteries of life. Zack Whittaker reports: A hacker has targeted the official forum for popular mobile game “Clash of Kings,” making off with close to 1.6 million accounts. The hack was carried out on July 14 by a hacker, who wants to remain nameless, and…
WeWork battling another data leak
Konrad Putzier reports: A week after WeWork saw internal financial estimates splashed all over the internet, the company is battling another data leak. Thinknum, a web data company, says it analyzed public data in WeWork’s online member network and created a database of all its registered members. It claims WeWork’s membership churn rate has increased dramatically…