Zack Whittaker reports: Amazon has force-reset an unknown number of accounts, after passwords may have been compromised. A number of readers told ZDNet they received an email from Amazon saying the company has reset their account password. The message was also sent to their account message center on Amazon.com, and Amazon.co.uk, confirming the message is…
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TX: State sues defunct health care management firm after health records found in recycling bin
Patrick Danner reports: A defunct home health care management company that was based in San Antonio has been sued by the state over clients’ personal information found in a recycling container at Stevenson Middle School. Files belonging to Alliance Health Management & Consulting Inc. were recovered by Northside Independent School District police officers on July 14, 2014,…
Data breach at firm that manages Cisco, Microsoft certifications
Alexander J. Martin reports: Cisco, IBM, Oracle and Microsoft’s certification management provider, Pearson VUE, has copped to a data breach following a malware compromise of its Credential Manager System. The Pearson Credential Manager (PCM) system supports a number of companies’ certification tracking programmes. Pearson VUE stated that an “unauthorised third party improperly accessed certain information…
Linux Australia suffers another data leak
Sam Varghese reports: Linux Australia has suffered a second leak of data from its servers, according to a message sent to its main mailing list by president Joshua Hesketh. The umbrella organisation for Linux user groups in the country suffered a data breach in March this year. Hesketh said a limited amount of personal information had…
W.W. Grainger issues password reset for users of their mobile app
Industrial supply company W.W. Grainger has issued a password reset after discovering a coding error in their mobile app that put usernames and passwords at risk. Nicely done: At Grainger, we take data privacy and security very seriously. As part of a system review, Grainger’s IT team recently identified a coding error in the Grainger.com mobile apps…
Starwood Hotels & Resorts reports payment card information breach at 54 properties
Austen Hufford reports: A data breach at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. exposed payment card information for some of its North American hotels, the latest cybersecurity incident to sting a U.S. company. Read more on WSJ. A list of the 54 properties affected and the dates of compromise are provided here (pdf). In some…