Catalin Cimpanu reports: Eatstreet, an online and mobile food ordering service, disclosed today a security breach that took place last month and during which a hacker stole the company’s database, complete with customer and partner details. ZDNet has learned that responsible for this breach is Gnosticplayers, a hacker who previously breached many other online services,…
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Breaches have consequences: AMCA files Chapter 11
Jeremy Hill of Bloomberg reports: Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau Inc., whose business was blamed for a large-scale data breach that affected millions of Quest Diagnostics Inc. customers, filed for Chapter 11 protection, citing fallout from the security issue. The company, which collects patient receivables for medical labs under the name American Medical Collection Agency, listed assets…
$27K in restitution ordered for man who hacked Palo Alto Online
Sue Dremann reports the follow-up on a hack that occurred in 2015 and that was previously reported on this site. The 36-year-old man who hacked and temporarily shut down Palo Alto Online and other Embarcadero Media websites nearly four years ago was sentenced Wednesday in San Jose federal court to time already served, one-year of…
Hacker hits Symantec and accesses passwords
Mark Wyciślik-Wilson reports: Security firm Symantec was attacked by a hacker back in February, but the company did not reveal details of the incident. The attack has been brought to light by Guardian Australia which has seen some of the data extracted by hackers. This comprises not only passwords, but what is thought to be…
Radiohead’s unreleased OK Computer audio was stolen. Now the band is letting everyone hear it.
Allegra Frank reports: When music pirates go low, Radiohead goes high. After a hacker stole 18 hours’ worth of unreleased music that the band recorded during the late ’90s, one of its peak creative periods, Radiohead didn’t fight to keep the tracks out of the public ear. Instead, the band made the stolen tunes available…
Evite Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Sells User Data On Dark Web.
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Evite, a social planning and e-invitations service, and one of the biggest sites on the Internet, has officially admitted to a security breach that ZDNet first reported back in April. At the time, a hacker named Gnosticplayers put up for sale the customer data of six companies, including Evite. The hacker claimed…