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Update on Minecraft leaks: Microsoft says no Mojang.net service was compromised

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Dissent

Stuart Dredge reports: A list of email addresses and passwords for Minecraft players published online in January was not the result of a security breach at developer Mojang, according to its parent company, Microsoft. Personal details for more than 1,800 players’ accounts were published online in plain-text format, sparking fears that hackers had gained access…

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Judge Warns Against Sealing Documents in Home Depot Data Breach Cases

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Dissent

From the yay-a-judge-standing-up-for-transparency dept.: R. Robin McDonald reports: A federal judge in Atlanta has put lawyers in litigation over credit and debit card security breaches at The Home Depot that he will reject attempts to seal large portions of the court record. “The first 10 years I was on the bench pretty much we just…

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Ex-tax franchise store owner in Virginia sentenced for ID theft

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Dissent

AP reports: A former Eastern Shore tax franchise store owner will spend two years in prison for aggravated identity theft. U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente says 41-year-old Sherry R. Kelley of Exmore used about 20 clients’ identity information to obtain 30 lines of credit from H&R Block Bank. Read more on Times Union.

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Third Member of International Computer Hacking Ring Pleads Guilty to Hacking and Intellectual Property Theft Conspiracy

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dissent

Dark Reading reports: A third member of an international computer hacking ring has pleaded guilty to conspiring to break into computer networks of prominent technology companies to steal more than $100 million in intellectual property and other proprietary data. […] Nathan Leroux, 20, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and…

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Reports: Minecraft Data Breach Affects Users

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dissent

Alex Hernandez reports: German website heise online is reporting a Minecraft data breach that affects at least 1800 users. The breach is thought to have happened through a phishing attack and the number of users affected could grow. Right now they have verified a list of 1800 usernames and passwords and have authenticated a few of…

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All Verizon Customer Emails Were Opened Up To Hackers Thanks To Glaring Bug

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Dissent

Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: US telecoms giant Verizon has had a bad couple of years from a privacy point of view, from revelations of unrestrained NSA access to its’ customers call metadata or “permacookies” that could have permanently tracked users web activity. It could do without any other embarrassment, but on Sunday a researcher revealed a glaring vulnerability related…

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