Well, I wanted to send an inquiry to LookBook to ask them if they were aware of being hacked or a report that their user database was up for sale, but there was no contact method on their web site, and the domain lookup didn’t help, either. So I resorted to tweeting to them, and hope…
Category: Business Sector
Verticalscope sounds serious about password security
I’ve previously posted info on the Verticalscope breach affecting 45 million. But I never posted their breach announcement. As I was just reviewing it, I noticed their response to the breach with respect to new password requirements. I thought it was a bit different, and should be mentioned here. From the What We Are Doing…
NASCAR team’s data locked up by ransomware; Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing paid the ransom
Nick Bromberg reports that Circle Sport Leavine Family Racing fell victim to a ransomware attack this Spring after their files got locked up on Dropbox. “First you don’t want to believe it, but every file I tried to open had the same thing,” Dave Winston, the team’s crew chief told Fox Sports. “You know in this sport,…
MM: Eleven Media Group hacked; Union of Hacktivists charged
An opinion piece by Nay Htun Naing published on Eleven Media Group’s Daily Eleven web site on June 16 reportedly ticked off some hackers who call themselves “The Hackers Union” (aka “Union of Hacktivists”). So much so, it seems, that they attacked EMG’s site the next day. According to EMG: The Hackers’ Union Facebook page posted that it was…
Swing and a miss? Topps apps database leaked fans’ info
When security researcher Chris Vickery was unable to get sports trading card giant Topps to respond to his notification that a database was exposing mobile apps fans’ information, DataBreaches.net stepped up to the plate. The exposed database was not the first time MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery had seen Topps mobile app fan data leaking….
In: Air India admin staffers’ IDs also hacked
Oh, now this sounds even more serious than the original headlines about flyers’ miles being stolen. The Times of India reports: The crooks who targeted Air India had not just hacked into the frequent flyers’ club but were in control of as many as 24 user IDs of Air India’s programme administration group that was…