Andy Chalk reports: The DayZ development team tweeted on January 23 that its forums had suffered “an outside security breach,” and recommended that users change their passwords, “just in case.” Today it put out a more detailed and dire message, indicating that the situation is rather worse than it first appeared. “A security incident occurred on forums.dayzgame.com recently. According to…
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NY: Woman charged with identity theft in misuse of co-workers’ information
I occasionally receive requests to remove an old article or redact people’s names. “I’ve done my time and am trying to turn my life around,” is the usual reason. And while I understand that, the policy of this site is NOT to remove old articles or redact names unless the person was acquitted. There is…
Web.com Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach
Melissa LaFreniere reports: Web.com faces a potential class action lawsuit over allegations that the website builder failed to provide reasonable security measures to keep the personal information of their clients safe. Lead plaintiff Morgorna Mohorne filed the Web.com class action lawsuit after a data breach in August 2015 allegedly left her credit and debit card…
CA: Davis Apartment Manager Accused of ID Theft; Police Suspect More Victims
Lonnie Wong reports: Davis police investigators say they believe there are many more victims of an apartment manager who was arrested on suspicion of stealing the identities of prospective tenants. William Raymond Stanley, Jr., was known as Erik Hamilton to tenants and the owners of the Tuscany Villas Apartments in East Davis. But the 30-year-old…
Cn: Hackers Steal Account Details of 20.6 Mln Taobao Users
Taobao, the Chinese equivalent of eBay, was reportedly hacked in October 2015, but it doesn’t seem to have made U.S. news. Marbridge Consulting writes: Police in Zhejiang province recently convened a press conference to announce that a group of hackers obtained information pertaining to approximately 99 mln accounts on Alibaba Group’s C2C e-commerce site Taobao….
TaxSlayer breached: 8,800 customers notified PII may be compromised
Doug Olenick reports: Tax preparation software publisher TaxSlayer notified about 8,800 of its customers last week that an unauthorized third party may have gained access to the personal information contained on their tax return. The company said that on January 13, 2016, it became aware that hackers had accessed some of their customers’ accounts. TaxSlayer…