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Play.com customers report spam following breach at third-party marketing firm

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Dissent

Network Security Report reports: Play.com, one of the largest online retailers of consumer goods, has suffered a security breach. In a warning to customers, Play.com has said that customer names and email addresses may have been compromised. Play.com is washing its hands of direct responsibility, claiming that a third party on its marketing communications team…

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Ca: Rogers hacked by TeamHans, customer contracts and sensitive corporate e-mails dumped

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Dissent

Hackers calling themselves TeamHans have hacked the giant Canadian communications and media firm, Rogers, and dumped a lot of corporate proprietary data to prove it. According to the hackers, who announced the hack on Twitter where they tweet as @TeamHans_, the dump includes: Contracts with corporate customers Sensitive corporate e-mails Sensitive documents regarding Rogers (corporate…

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FORK ME! Uber hauls GitHub into court to find who hacked database of 50,000 drivers

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Dissent

Kieren McCarthy reports: Uber has subpoenaed GitHub to unmask netizens suspected of hacking its database of taxi drivers. The ride-booking app maker is trying to force GitHub [PDF] to hand over the IP addresses of anyone who visited a particular gist post between March and September last year. That gist is believed to have contained a login…

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Uber security breach may have affected up to 50,000 drivers (updated)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

Tracey Lien reports: Thousands of Uber driver names and driver’s license numbers may be in the hands of an unauthorized third party due to a data breach that occurred last year, the ride-hailing company announced today. In a statement, Uber’s managing counsel of data privacy Katherine Tassi said the company discovered on Sept. 17, 2014,…

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Essar Group claims leaked e-mails were stolen. Or fabricated.

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

What’s the law in India about the press publishing documents that have been stolen if they haven’t been involved in the theft? I know we have First Amendment protection here (although it’s not absolute), but what’s Indian law on that? There’s a scandal involving Essar Group, with the media reporting revelations as a whistleblower leak….

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TalkTalk data breach leads to scam phone calls for customers

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

Graham Cluley writes: Hackers have stolen the personal details of thousands of TalKTalk customers, and – in some cases – used them to scam further information such as sensitive banking information. Yesterday, UK broadband and phone operator TalkTalk emailed customers to tell them that an investigation had uncovered that there had been a significant data…

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