Malware inserted on a server on October 23, 2011 wasn’t discovered until October 21, 2015, reports First Transit‘s external counsel. For almost four years, employees’ information, including name, address, date of birth, phone number, driver’s license number, and Social Security number may have been compromised. In response to the discovery, First Transit took the server offline…
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Scared, dead, relieved: How the Ashley Madison hack changed its victims’ lives
Breaches have consequences. And Avid Life Media still has not provided any update as to how that horrific breach occurred. Nor did they respond to my email inquiry this week requesting an update.
Member of Computer Hacking Group “NullCrew” Pleads Guilty in Cyber-Attacks on Corporations, Universities and Governments
Here’s the government’s press release on Timothy French’s plea yesterday: A Tennessee man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges he helped launch cyber-attacks on corporations, universities and governmental entities throughout the world. As a member of the hacking group “NullCrew,” TIMOTHY JUSTEN FRENCH exploited computer vulnerabilities to obtain unauthorized access and steal confidential…
Wyndham caves, settles charges with FTC (updated)
I did not see this coming. Wyndham has settled FTC charges, bringing an end to a closely watched court case involving FTC’s authority to enforce data security. The case was the first one that hadn’t resulted in a consent order. Today’s settlement leaves only the LabMD as a challenge to FTC’s authority to enforce data…
Ca: The Cheesecake Company personnel files found in disposal bin
Bailey Hildebrand reports: One northwest restaurant’s potential mistake is a reminder for businesses to take special care of employee files. Stephen Webster said he was walking in a parking lot last Thursday when he saw file folders scattered in and around a blue disposal bin behind The Cheesecake Company — a restaurant in the midst of closing its…
NY: Developer arrested for theft of source code from former employer
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the arrest of XU JIAQIANG for theft of a trade secret, in connection with XU’s theft of proprietary source code from XU’s former…