Naveen Ammembala has a report on DNA of a hack that may or may not have terrorism connections: Unidentified callers from a West Asian country managed to hack the firewall of an international video conferencing equipment of an IT company in the city, and make calls to Afghanistan. Police say that the hacking by the…
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Travel insurer Staysure warns 93,389 customers after card data hacked
Bob Howard reports: The travel insurer Staysure has warned customers that some of their sensitive bank card details may have been stolen after its IT security was breached. Some 93,000 people who bought policies prior to May 2012 may be at risk, it said. Staysure said it believed hackers may have stolen the three digit…
More on the EZYield breach
Back on December 13, I posted a quick pointer to a breach report filed by EZYield that I had seen on the Vermont Attorney General’s web site. I subsequently added a link to idRADAR, where Jeanne Price had additional details. Well, I think I’ve found a kindred spirit in Jeanne, as she persisted in trying…
Alleged Snapchat hackers explain how and why they leaked data on 4.6 million accounts
Chris Ziegler reports: The individual or team claiming responsibility for SnapchatDB has responded to The Verge‘s requests for comment the morning after the database went online, containing a leaked collection of some 4.6 million apparent Snapchat usernames and partial phone numbers. “Our motivation behind the release was to raise the public awareness around the issue, and also put…
Hacker group targets Skype social media accounts
John Ribeiro reports: Skype said its social media properties were targeted, with a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army appearing to claim credit for the hacks. “You may have noticed our social media properties were targeted today,” Skype said in a Twitter message late Wednesday. “No user info was compromised. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.” Read…
This was all too predictable…
Remember how I posted about how some frustrated researchers at Gibson Security had gone public with a SnapChat vulnerability that the firm allegedly hadn’t addressed? Well, now it seems 4.6 million SnapChat users’usernames and phone numbers have been leaked.