Dan Goodin reports: Hackers say they breached the website security of computer-maker Acer and made off with data for 40,000 of its customers. Screenshots posted on Friday on The Hacker News appeared to show the purchase histories, names, email addresses, and partial addresses and phone numbers for a limited number of customers stored on acer-euro.com. The site said…
Category: Exposure
YASH (Yet Another Sony Hack)
From the this-can’t-be-good dept. and the folks at Lulz Security: Greetings folks. We’re LulzSec, and welcome to Sownage. Enclosed you will find various collections of data stolen from internal Sony networks and websites,all of which we accessed easily and without the need for outside support or money. We recently broke into SonyPictures.com and compromised over…
(update) Texas office responsible for dumpster breach identified [repost]
[repost] As an update to a dumpster breach reported previously, KTSM in Texas reports that the office responsible for the breach was Tax Matters. Of note, Lindsey Reiser reports that at least one former client of the business was upset that they still had his records: “We had broken our relationship several years ago,” the…
South Africa: DMASA “do not call” database ‘leaked’ [repost]
[repost] Nicola Mawson reports: Around 39 000 South Africans who signed up on the Direct Marketing Association of SA’s (DMASA’s) “do not contact” database are at risk of identity theft, because the list has been leaked to companies that aren’t DMA members. The database contains sensitive information such as contact details, addresses and identity numbers….
TX: Important Documents Left In Dumpster
Lindsey Reiser reports: Thousands of documents containing personal information were out in the open for just anyone to grab. They’re in safe hands now, but, we still have plenty of questions. That’s because they weren’t just any documents. They were checkbooks, federal income tax forms, W2’s, 1040’s, etc. – more than what you would need…
MA: Steps taken to mitigate Sandwich privacy breach
George Brennan reports: Four teachers whose Social Security numbers were released publicly have been officially notified of the breach and offered privacy insurance by the school department, Town Manager George “Bud” Dunham said. The Social Security numbers were on forms released by an attorney working for schools Supt. Mary Ellen Johnson purportedly to show that…