A hacker group calling themselves @1775Sec on Twitter claims to have hacked DropBox. They’ve since posted some data on a paste site that consists of names and e-mail addresses. Lee of CyberWarNews.info, however, has challenged them to provide real proof, noting that the data they posted matches previously leaked e-mail lists. And for its part,…
Category: Breach Incidents
Target update: 70 million MORE customers affected by breach (Update)
From their press release of today: MINNEAPOLIS — January 10, 2014 Target today announced updates on its continuing investigation into the recent data breach and its expected fourth quarter financial performance. As part of Target’s ongoing forensic investigation, it has been determined that certain guest information — separate from the payment card data previously disclosed —…
And yet another Experian breach…
This time, the client whose credentials were compromised to gain access to Experian’s credit report database was Lafarge West in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The breach occurred between December 19 and 20, and was reported to those affected on January 7.
The Coupons App – Android Coupons App leaks your personal information to everyone – Appthority
In this bad app report we’ll be looking at one of the most popular coupon apps for Android, and how it shares private data it collects from mobile devices. This app also illustrates how privacy issues can extend beyond just the servers used by the app from using HTML5, by mishandling private data, they have…
Drowning in breach reports today…
Today, HHS added 37 incidents to its public breach tool, which I’ve summarized over on phiprivacy.net (here and here). But it looks like I can’t catch a break, as the Maryland Attorney General’s Office also updated its breach tool. So here are some more breaches I did not previously know about, with links to their…
Another University of Florida breach that flew under my radar
Stumbled across this University of Florida breach today while searching for something else: Payroll Breach Information Published: March 11th, 2013 On February 17, 2013, the University’s Privacy Office was notified that a list of social security numbers (SSN) was mistakenly released. Specifically, a payroll processing report that included SSNs was shared by means of a public…