Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection has a commentary on the FTC’s lawsuit against Wyndham (mentioned previously on this blog): On June 26, the FTC filed a complaint against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a global hotel and resort company, and three of its subsidiaries for violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. If this case goes to…
Category: Breach Incidents
NVIDIA Forums Hacked, User Data Compromised
Tarun Raju reports: Late Thursday, NVIDIA deactivated its user forums (forums.nvidia.com) on the company website, citing security reasons. According to the company, a security breach was discovered (the forums website was hacked). Critical user data may have been compromised (stolen). Even as investigations into the breach are underway, the company ascertained that the hackers gained…
California Rap Artist Arrested On Indictment For Purchase And Use Of Hacked Credit And Debit Card Information
A rap artist who performs under the name “Guerilla Black” was arrested at his Los Angeles home this morning on a twenty-two count indictment from the Western District of Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. CHARLES TONY WILLIAMSON, 33, is alleged to have purchased and used stolen credit and debit card numbers that were…
League of Nations Health Organization Hacked, Data Leaked by NullCrew
A group of hackers who are going by the handle NullCrew have earlier today released a dump of data that comes from the League of Nations Health Organization website (who.int). The leak was posted to pastebin and contains a message from NullCrew as well as a dump of 546 accounts that are in the format of username,…
450k Emails and Passwords leaked from Yahoo Voice by d33ds
A hacker group going by the name of d33ds has claimed to of hacked a yahoo voice subdomain which has resulted in a database being obtained. The database that has been taken appears to be in SQL format with a note in the leak suggesting that SQLi was used as a method of attack but…
Follow-up: Regulators criticize NYSEG for computer security breach
Remember the breach reported by New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) back in January? Jeff Platsky reports the results of an investigation into the utilities’ security: A potential data breach at New York State Electric & Gas Corp. not only drew the ire of customers but is now…