The following is a press release from Wandera. So far, I haven’t found a response from NFL Mobile, but if I do, I’ll update this. While NFL fans across the country are gearing up to watch the big game on February 1 at University of PhoenixStadium in Glendale, Arizona, hackers may be snatching their private data from the mobile devices in…
Category: Business Sector
Rex Mundi dumps more data after another entity doesn’t pay extortion demands
Rex Mundi has hacked and dumped data from Temporis, a French employment/recruitment agency. As they have done in the past, the hackers issued a statement and announced the data dump on Twitter, where they currently post as @rexmundi15: Last week, we hacked the servers of Temporis, allegedly France’s largest network of franchised temp work agencies (www.temporis-franchise.fr). From their…
Hacker Steals 20 Million Passwords From Unidentified Dating Site (Updated to identify site)
Peter Burrows reports: User names and passwords of 20 million visitors to an unidentified dating site have been hacked and offered for sale on a website, according to a posting by the thief on an online forum used by cybercriminals. […] Fifty percent of the credentials were for people based in Russia, and 40 percent…
Game over? Sony FINALLY accepts compensation claims from MEELLIONS of PSN hack victims
Kelly Fiveash reports: Millions of PSN gamers, who were hit by a massive data breach on Sony’s network back in 2011, are finally being offered the opportunity to claim compensation from the company. Stateside victims of the hack attack – PSN, Qriocity and Sony Online Entertainment subscribers who held an account before 15 May 2011…
SG: Hacker ‘Messiah’ pleads guilty to 39 computer misuse charges
Kelly Ng reports: Hacker James Raj Arokiasamy, who goes by the moniker “Messiah”, has pleaded guilty to 39 charges of computer misuse for hacking into the web servers of Fuji Xerox, a fan site of popstar Sun Ho and government-related websites in 2013. Read more on Today.
Boomerang continues to demonstrate how NOT to handle a possible breach
On January 13, I wrote: And for Tuesday’s edition of “How Not to Handle a Reported Breach,” we give you….. (drum roll)…. Boomerang Rentals. Although Boomerang has continued to investigate claims of a breach resulting in fraudulent charges, and have brought in a third party to assist in their investigation, they still haven’t notified consumers…