Ingrid Lunden reports: A while back we wrote about a flaw in Groupon’s email link encryption, which revealed the emails of some Groupon users when “addx” was added into a Google search of Groupon’s site. We’ve been alerted that is still happening, with about 170 emails coming up when we searched (last time around it was less than 80)….
Category: Breach Incidents
Ca: District of Squamish breach admitted
Rebecca Aldous reports: District of Squamish officials last year accidentally posted bylaw infraction information on the district’s website that should have remained private. The privacy breach happened for approximately a month in January 2011. At the time, the public was able to access mostly unidentifiable bylaw complaint attachments, said Robin Arthurs, the municipality’s general manager…
UK: Privacy glitch forces porn filtering consultation offline
Stewart Mitchell reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office is looking into complaints over a privacy breach on the consultation on web porn blocking launched yesterday on the Department of Education’s website. The department’s entire consultation page is currently down, cutting into the ten-week window for posting opinions on whether adult sites should be filtered by default….
AU: Alert over hotel privacy
Hannah Martin reports: Consumer action groups are warning companies to take better care of client information after a Hobart hotel breached the privacy of more than 600 guests. Quest Trinity apartments blamed a “glitch” in their email system for sending out promotional material that revealed the contact details of their guests. Recipients were not blind…
Anti Virus Giant Trendmicro & Sykes Hacked, Hundreds of Emails Dumped By @OfficialComrade
Another major player in the anti virus game has been hacked and as a result of a proof of concept @OfficialComrade (.c0mrade) has dumped a huge load of emails. The attack which also effects Sykes, who which trendmicro appears to run support services through, has been effected as well. The attack was announced on .c0mrades…
Sites not fixed 5 days after being hacked by k9 Network Cyber Army
A k9 Network Cyber Army Member has contacted us a few days ago with a few sites that were hacked and left defaced. The member Mahesh contacted us via email with a list of 19websites that have been attacked and defaced. Now while we normally do not cover small mass defacement’s, this one has a twist. We…