AP reports: A Dutch judge has approved the extradition to the United States of a Russian suspected of involvement in a multimillion-dollar computer hack. Tuesday’s ruling at The Hague District Court clears the way for Vladimir Drinkman to be sent to New Jersey, where he is one of four Russians and a Ukrainian charged in a…
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French Lick Resort confirms guest credit card information stolen after malware went undetected for 9 months
WDRB reports: The French Lick Resort says a data breach may have compromised its credit card system. Guests and visitors of the resort may have had their credit card information compromised, if they used a card between April 23, 2014 and Jan. 21, 2015. An investigation with a data security company showed that malware had…
Wandera Finds Official NFL App to be Leaking Users’ Personal Data Just Days Ahead of The Big Game
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…
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…