Despite having been notified almost one month ago by Chris Vickery and/or Systema Software, some entities whose databases were exposed on AWS by Systema Software still do not appear to have issued public statements about the incident. Nor have I seen any reports appearing on HHS’s public breach tool. But in a statement posted on its…
Category: Business Sector
No, the Experian hack did NOT go on for over two years: it happened last month
In reading a lot of the coverage of Experian’s breach affecting those who applied for T-Mobile USA accounts, I noticed that some journalists and others seemed to interpret Experian’s statement as indicating that the data were hacked/accessed over a two-year period (from September 2013 to September 2015). As I noted to a commenter earlier today,…
FTSE heads for weekly rise but Experian drops on US data breach
It’s always interesting to see if a company’s stock prices take any hit from a breach. Nick Fletcher reports on The Guardian: Leading shares are moving higher ahead of the US jobs data, with banks boosted by news of a deadline being set for consumers to claim for mis-sold payment protection insurance. But Experian has dropped more…
AU: Retailer David Jones reports online breach
The Australian reports: Up-market retailer David Jones says its website has been hacked and private customer data stolen, a day after a similar attack on Kmart’s wesbite. David Jones said today that it recently learned that a third party exploited a vulnerability in its website to extract limited information about some of our customers. The information obtained includes names,…
The complaint to FTC about Experian that accomplished… what?
Today, Experian disclosed another data breach. This one affected 15 million customers of T-Mobile USA, for whom Experian hosts consumer data used for credit checks for new accounts. In tweeting my frustration about this latest incident, @emptywheel suggested I post the complaint I filed with the FTC about Experian in 2012. After some thought, I’ve decided…
Experian’s servers hacked; 15 million T-Mobile USA customers affected (UPDATED)
There’s been another data breach involving Experian, it seems, although this one didn’t involve their credit reporting database. Instead, it involved data Experian houses for T-Mobile USA. In a letter to affected T-Mobile USA customers, Experian CEO Craig Boundy writes: I am writing to let you know of an incident that occurred involving T‐Mobile USA data housed…