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VTech not backing down on terms change after data breach

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Dissent

Maria Korolov reports: Despite widespread public condemnation, Hong Kong toy maker VTech is not backing down from a change in its Terms and Conditions ducking its responsibilities in the event of a breach. European customers now have to agree to a Terms of Service that includes the following sentence: “You acknowledge and agree that any…

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LA: Two Cypress Bayou Casino administrators accused of computer fraud, stealing from business

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Dissent

The Advocate reports: State troopers arrested the general manager and chief financial officer of Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton Wednesday on allegations both played a role in stealing $5,700 from the business by manipulating its personnel database. Anthony Patrone, the casino’s general manager, and Monte Spivey, its chief financial officer, each face counts of felony…

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Twitter: Fixing a recent password recovery issue

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Dissent

Oops. It looks like my beloved Twitter had a security issue. From a blog post yesterday: We recently learned about — and immediately fixed — a bug that affected our password recovery systems for about 24 hours last week. The bug had the potential to expose the email address and phone number associated with a…

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IN: 40 people notified after tax documents found in dumpster

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Dissent

Following up on the station’s earlier report, Paris Lewbel reports: Nearly 40 people have been notified by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office after their tax documents were found in a dumpster. Many of the people were not Indiana residents. […] The Indiana Attorney General also sent a letter to the nearby tax preparer to find…

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Hundreds Of Spotify Premium Accounts Exposed Online (Again)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Dissent

Shelby Carpenter reports: The black-hat hacker world is at it again–this time, publishing hundreds of Spotify Premium user accounts online. The user info appeared in three different online data dumps on Pastebin starting on Monday. Each dump contained email addresses with their corresponding passwords for Spotify. For some accounts, home countries, account types (such as premium or…

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New guilty plea, charges in global press release hacking scheme

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Dissent

Jonathan Stempl reports: A third trader has entered a guilty plea over what U.S. authorities have called a more than $100 million (£70 million) international scheme to hack into newswires that distribute corporate press releases, and use stolen information to conduct insider trading. Arkadiy Dubovoy, 51, pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of conspiracy…

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