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BBC confirms ‘data protection breach’

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Dissent

BBC reports: The BBC has said it is “urgently investigating” a breach of data protection by a former TV researcher. The researcher, employed by an independent production company, spent four days working on Monday’s Panorama. The show found that Lutfur Rahman, Tower Hamlets’ mayor, had increased funding to some Bengali-run charities. Opponents accused him of…

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Hack of Boxee.tv exposes password data, messages for 158,000 users

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports: Hackers posted names, e-mail addresses, message histories, and partially protected login credentials for more than 158,000 forum users of Boxee.tv, the Web-based television service that was acquired by Samsung last year, researchers said. The breach occurred no later than last week, when a full copy of the purloined forum data became widely available,…

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Password bug let me see shoppers’ credit cards in eBay ProStores, claims infosec bod

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Dissent

John Leyden reports: A serious vulnerability that potentially allowed shoplifters to empty eBay ProStores shops and swipe customer credit cards has been fixed – according to the security researcher who says he found the hole. Mark Litchfield, an infosec pro at Securatary, told us he discovered a flaw in eBay-owned ProStores that not only opened the door…

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Angry Birds developers downplay fresh data leak claims

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Dissent

John Leyden reports: The developers of Angry Birds have hit back at renewed allegations that the ultra-popular game leaks users’ personal information. Security vendor FireEye put out a detailed critique of Angry Birds last week claiming that the smartphone game leaked data like a sieve. […] Rovio, the Finnish firm behind Angry Birds, downplayed these concerns while adding that it was migrating…

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Bank drops lawsuit against Target and Trustwave

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Dissent

Jeremy Kirk reports that Trustmark National Bank, one of the two plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by banks against Target and Trustwave, has filed a notice of voluntary dismissal to drop their role in the lawsuit. Because the lawsuit was dropped without prejudice, the bank may re-file the suit at some point, although I suspect…

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Angry Birds still leaking user details, data security firm reports

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Dissent

Rovio, the creator of the mobile game hit Angry Birds, has continued its co-operation with an ad platform believed to have been hacked by the British intelligence agency, data security firm FireEye reveals in its blog. The Guardian reported in January, citing documents provided by Edward Snowden, that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) can snatch…

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