Posted yesterday on Evernote: (Users impacted by this announcement will have received an email) The vendor that operates https://discussion.evernote.com has notified us that they had been hacked. The hacker was able to retrieve our forum members’ profile information. We don’t believe that the hacker accessed any private forum messages. Our forum is a completely separate service from…
Category: Business Sector
Second member of #NullCrew arrested (updated to add complaint)
Following the arrest of a Quebec teen last week in the hacking of a Bell Canada supplier, a second person associated with #NullCrew (@NullCrew_FTS) has now been arrested. Kim Janssen reports: A hacker who targeted big businesses — including Comcast and Canadian Bell — as well as schools, including the University of Virginia, will face…
Paytime sued over breach
It was only a matter of time, right? idRADAR has the story and a copy of the complaint.
Stratfor hack: what the forensics showed
Cryptome has uploaded Verizon’s forensic investigation of the Stratfor hack in 2011. Their investigation began in December 2011 and was concluded in February 2012. You can read the report here (66 pp., pdf).
Sony Strikes $15M Deal To Settle Litigation Over Playstation Hack (updated)
It looks like Sony has reached a proposed settlement in the multidistrict litigation over the 2011 hack that affected millions of PlayStation customers. The article is behind a paywall, but I imagine we’ll see more on this soon. Update: Bloomberg BNA provides the proposed settlement and additional coverage.
AU: Optus exposes customers’ silent listings
Ben Grubb reports: Optus says it mistakenly released an undisclosed number of customers’ names, mobile numbers and addresses to Sensis, which led to them being published in the White Pages. The details exposed were of those who requested their number be kept silent, or private. The telco, which began notifying customers about the issue last…