I’ve been reading a number of analyses and commentaries on the First Circuit’s ruling in the Hannaford Bros data breach case. While some people have described the ruling as a “potential game-changer,” Venkat Balasubramani provides a less optimistic analysis of what the decision may portend. As a recap, most of the plaintiffs’ claims have been…
Category: Breach Incidents
IA: Clarinda Bank Iowa customers notified of data breach
Bob Eschliman reports that Clarinda Bank has been notifying some customers that their debit cards may have been compromised. The breach does not involve the bank and the entity that was breached was not named. As is often the case, the bank probably does not know where the breach was. Maybe we’ll find out sometime.
Federal gov. website ‘glitch’ compromised college students’ social security numbers
Lauren Chooljian reports: Private financial information belonging to as many as 5,000 college students was open for viewing on a federal government student loan website in recent weeks, according to a senior Department of Education staff member. James Runcie, the Obama administration’s Chief Operation Officer of Federal Student Aid at the Department of Education, said…
Dump of accounts from nationmultimedia.com by @_V4ND
@_V4ND has dumped what they say is a teaser of accounts obtained from nationmultimedia.com in what appears to be another havij or similar SQLi vun tool based attack. The leak contains user emails and passwords in clear text. Leak: https://pastebin.com/ta06Zxy9
Dump of accounts from awurval.se
Every day we see more and more attacks on servers that are purely unsecure and for no other reason besides that they tend to end up in the pastebin archives as account dumps. One of the latest comes from awurval.se and contains emails and cleartext passwords. https://pastebin.com/k2GQC3KS
AL: Discarded personal information discovered in Shelby County
A FOX6 News viewer says personal information on hundreds of people was discovered in a trash storage company in Shelby County. Susan Beaty found copies of social security cards, driver’s licenses and even a paycheck stub. They are connected to “Indigo Joe’s” restaurant which is no longer in business. […] Read more on MyFoxAL