Give ’em back their data – that you didn’t ask for but they sent you anyway – or they’ll seize it from you? A computer has been seized from a woman who received personal details of every Belfast city councillor in a major security breach, it has been revealed. Heather M Brown surrendered the computer…
Category: Breach Incidents
Cn: Dangdang Freezes Accounts After Hacking Incident
DangDang, a Chinese e-commerce firm that had confirmed a breach in December 2011, is now freezing accounts. Citing the Beijing Daily, CRIEnglish.com reports that the firm shut down all account activity from March 19-22 to give users time to change their account names and passwords following “the incidents.” Dangdang said during an investigation to check…
Hacker, suspected of 6 million user CSDN info leak, detained
Zhao Wen of The Shanghai Daily reports that a suspect has been detained in the CSDN breach that made headlines in December: The suspect surnamed Zeng was held in Wenzhou, eastern Zhejiang Province on February 4 after Beijing police opened an investigation into the case on December 22, the paper said. The leak, considered the…
UK: 8,000 students caught up in email security breach
Graeme Paton reports: The details of more than 8,000 students were sent out by Student Finance England as part of a mass email distribution following a blunder by staff. Last night, the agency apologised for the error which they put down an administrative error. It has since contacted all students involved to assure them that…
10,000+ Accounts leaked from Adult Insider Network
Adult Insider Network adultinsider.com has become a victim of the hacker Le0n B3lm0nt and as a result has seen thousands of accounts leaked online from the forums that have 10,399 users. The site/forum which is dedicated to helping out webmasters who have adult based sites by providing information and a community to share ideas. It would seem that…
‘Indian call centres accused of selling Britons’ personal data for as little as two pence’
Deja vu all over again: Indian call centres are selling Britons’ confidential personal data, including credit card information, medical and financial records to criminals and marketing firms for as little as two pence, an undercover investigation has discovered. Two ‘consultants’, claiming to be IT workers at several call centres boasted of possesing 45 different sets…