Alex Walker reports: Funcom, makers of The Secret World, The Longest Journey, Age of Conan and Anarchy Online, announced earlier this morning that their forums have been compromised and user data exposed. In an announcement on their website, Funcom announced that the data breach for the four games above included encrypted passwords, user names and e-mail…
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Mail.ru Forums Hack Compromises over 25 Million User Accounts
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Data breach index service LeakedSource has added a slew of new hacked websites to its database, including over 25 million user records from three compromised Mail.ru communities. The three communities are cfire.mail.ru (Cross Fire game), parapa.mail.ru (ParaPa Dance City game), and tanks.mail.ru (Ground War: Tank game). All communities were running older vBulletin…
FBI investigating Russian hack of New York Times reporters, others: CNN (Updated)
Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz report: Hackers thought to be working for Russian intelligence have carried out a series of cyber breaches targeting reporters at the New York Times and other US news organizations, according to US officials briefed on the matter. The intrusions, detected in recent months, are under investigation by the FBI and…
French sub builder data leak of concern
AAP reports: A leak of secret documents from the French company that won the bid to design Australia’s new $50 billion submarine fleet raises fears about the security of top-secret data on the navy’s future fleet, it’s been reported. The leaked documents seen by The Australian run to 22,400 pages and detail the secret combat…
Ashley Madison investigation by Canada and Australia results in compliance agreement
Ashley Madison marketed itself as a “100% discreet service” for people seeking to have affairs — and bolstered that claim with a fabricated security trustmark — but the company behind the website had inadequate security safeguards and policies, an investigation following a massive data breach has concluded. “Privacy breaches are a core risk for any…
Has your internet provider been compromised? Malicious insiders are helping cybercriminals hack telecoms firms
Danny Palmer reports: Be they disaffected insiders or victims of blackmail, staff at telecommunications firms are providing cybercriminals with the information required to carry out cyberattacks against their employers. With the sector a top target for hackers — as demonstrated by last year’s TalkTalk hack — Kapersky Lab’s Threat Intelligence Report for the Telecommunications Industry warns telecoms providers that…