BrowserStack has been hacked. The following was posted to Pastebin anonymously yesterday: Dear BrowserStack User, We are unfortunately displeased to announce that BrowserStack will be shutting down. After much consideration on our part, we have realized we were negligent in the services we claimed to offer. In our terms of service, we state the following: […]…
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KR: College student arrested for hacking 104 websites
Koh Seok-Seung reports: The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday that it has arrested a 20-year-old college student yesterday on the suspicion of hacking 104 websites across 24 countries in a bid to show off his technical prowess. The student, surnamed Jang, collected 280,000 pieces of information from November 2013 to August by hacking various…
Epic court battle coming over Home Depot data breach?
With over 30 class-action lawsuits already filed against them, David Allison reports that the Home Depot breach may result in an epic court battle, starting with where the multi-district litigation will be consolidated and heard. But other than the sheer numbers involved (56 million payment cards and 53 million email addresses), is there really anything…
FL: Key Largo resort staff accused of stealing from guests
David Goodhue reports: Workers at a popular Islamorada resort are accused of stealing guests’ credit card information and using it for personal shopping sprees. Victims identified by police and hotel management reported a total of $4,186.97 in fraudulent charges. The alleged ringleader of the operation, Anthony Burley, 38, reportedly used his and other employees’ passwords…
Hotel Website Booking.Com Targeted by Phishing Scammers
I’m having deja vu because I could have sworn I had already reported this type of scam on this blog, but since I can’t find it now…. Aaron Akinyemi reports: Up to 10,000 customers of the hotel booking website Booking.com have been the victims of scammers using fraudulently obtained email addresses to steal thousands of…
Email addresses of 4,000 New Brunswickers released by Skillsoft in cc: gaffe
CBC News reports that Skillsoft, a company that develops and manages professional courses the government offers online through SkillsNB, exposed more than 4,000 New Brunswickers’ email addresses by accidentally using the cc: field in an email, instead of the bcc: field.