Add the National Accountable Care Congress to this week’s list of hacks. A dump of almost 900 users’ information includes their usernames, first and last names, e-mail addresses, company, city, state, and zip, password, and their join date and expiration date for their account – all in plain text. SLC Security, which first reported the breach, notes that…
Category: Business Sector
Zappos settles charges with nine states over data breach
There’s been a settlement of charges stemming from a breach disclosed in 2012 that affected 24 million consumers. The settlement requires the online shoe store to guard data, pay $106,000 to NC and 8 states Raleigh: Nevada-based online retailer Zappos.com will take steps to better protect consumers’ personal information, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Wednesday….
Three million Moonpig accounts exposed by flaw
Darren Pauli reports: Custom mugs and tat outfit Moonpig has a signficant flaw that exposes personal records and partial credit card details for some three million customer (sic), almost 18 months after it was reported. The failure, discovered and privately reported by developer Paul Price, meant every account and the names, birth dates, and email and street…
Out of site, but not off the dark web
According to Belsec Blog, Rex Mundi republished “thousands of Belgian data” on Tor. While a few of the hacks the blog refers to have been previously mentioned on DataBreaches.net, some of them are news to me:
Report: UK police arrest Lizard Squad member
Brian Crecente reports: A self-professed member of the Lizard Squad was arrested this week by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit in England, according to documents obtained by two publications and a Thames Valley Police press release. […] Independent investigative journalist Brian Krebs, who covers internet security news on his website Krebs on Security, posted…
In response to user concerns and reports of fraud, Electronic Arts (EA) denies data breach
Game publishing giant Electronic Arts has denied claims that its Origin digital distribution service has fallen victim to a security breach, following reports of unauthorised credit card transactions from users. Read more on BitGamer and SiliconAngle.