Ars Staff report: At 20:00 CT on December 14, an Internet intruder gained access to one of the Ars Web servers and spent the next hour attempting to get from the Web server to a more central machine. At 20:52, the attempt was successful thanks to information gleaned from a poorly located backup file. The next…
Category: Business Sector
AU: Steven Willmott’s Woolworths lawsuit over identity theft
In light of all the data breaches, I’m surprised we haven’t seen more protests/appeals like this one in Australia. Kim Stephens reports: When Steven Willmott applied for a job as a console operator at a Woolworths service station in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland town of Beerwah in December, 2013, he objected to the online application…
Banks: Park-n-Fly Online Card Breach
Brian Krebs reports: Multiple financial institutions say they are seeing a pattern of fraud that indicates an online credit card breach has hit Park-n-Fly, an Atlanta-based offsite airport parking service that allows customers to reserve spots in advance of travel via an Internet-based reservation system. The security incident, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string…
Guardians of Peace issue first “Christmas Gift” and a warning
DataBreaches.net received links to the GOP’s newest paste and message. In a somewhat chilling message, they write: Notice We have already promised a Christmas gift to you. This is the beginning of the gift. Warning We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places “The Interview” be shown, including the premiere,…
Sony hit with lawsuit by former employees over email leaks
It was only a matter of time, right? Sara Hamedy and Meg James report: The first legal salvo has been leveled against Sony Pictures Entertainment since the massive computer breach that exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former employees. Lawyers representing two former Sony Pictures employees filed a class-action lawsuit in federal…
Yet Another Sony Breach Went Unreported In January As 47,740 Individuals’ Data Exposed
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports yet another Sony breach that was disclosed in the hackers’ email dump. Prior to the Brazil breach in February 2014 (also revealed in corporate emails and also not disclosed publicly by Sony at the time), there was apparently an incident involving their German web site in January: … An email from Courtney…