Catalin Cimpanu reports: Paige A. Thompson, the hacker accused of breaching US bank Capital One, is also believed to have stolen data from more than 30 other companies, US prosecutors said in new court documents filed today and obtained by ZDNet. “The government’s investigation over the last two weeks has revealed that Thompson’s theft of…
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700k Choice Hotels customer records leaked
Paul Bischoff reports: Hackers claim to have stolen 700,000 guest records belonging to Choice Hotels, one of the largest hotel chains in the world. Comparitech collaborated with security researcher Bob Diachenko to uncover the unsecured database, which was left exposed and accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Diachenko immediately notified the company of the…
Hacker site’s incriminating database published online by rival group
Dan Goodin reports: Hackers from Raidforums recently breached the site of rival hacking forum Cracked.to and spilled data for more than 321,000 of its members. The hackers did so while some of their victims were discussing cracking Fortnite accounts, selling software exploits, and engaging in other potentially illegal activities. In all, the dump posted on…
Epic Games hit with class action suit over Fortnite security breach
James Brightman reports: Fortnite has been a wild ride for Epic Games and has taken the entire industry by storm. Its audience, however, may have gotten more than it bargained for when it learned at the start of the year that a massive security breach potentially exposed credit card data, personal information, and even voice…
UK: JAILED: Chorley hacker who took down police websites
From This is Lancashire: A 20-YEAR-old man who carried out cyber attacks on police websites as revenge for being convicted of a bomb hoax has been locked up for 16 months. Liam Watts, from Chorley, targeted the Greater Manchester Police website in August last year and then carried out an attack on Cheshire Police sites…
Delta Airlines sues [24]7.ai over 2017 data breach
Those with good memories may recall that in April, 2018, we learned that hundreds of thousands of customers of Delta Airlines, Sears, Kmart, and BestBuy were impacted by a breach involving [24]7.ai – a California headquartered service that provides online customer chat for their clients’ web sites. The breach occurred between September 26 and October…