A hacker broke into the website of the Sinterklaas television news show and stole personal information about 13,000 children, including names, dates of birth and e-mail addresses, website Tweakers.net reported on Tuesday. NTR, the broadcasting company responsible for the programme, told Tweakers the information was contained in a part of the database where the security…
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RockYou Proposed Settlement Would Leave Decision Standing
Remember the RockYou breach that was disclosed in December 2009? It still ranks as one of the 10 biggest breaches of all time in terms of number of records involved – 32 million users’ login credentials were involved. A lawsuit over the breach created a buzz last year when it did not get dismissed out of…
Gary Vaynerchuk’s ‘Wine Library’ Hacked
Alexia Tsotsis reports: Earlier today patrons of Wine Library received an email informing them that the credit card information they had used to sign up to the WineLibrary.com site may have been compromised in a data breach. The site is the hub of NYT Best Selling Author Gary Vaynerchuk’s family business, made famous by his…
Maybe we should prohibit school districts from maintaining electronic databases
Yes, I know that idea would send us back in time, but yet another ridiculous data breach involving a public school’s system being hacked by students has me pulling my hair out and wishing for more regulation or something. WXPI in Pennsylvania reports: Investigators said the hacking began in May on two students’ home computers….
APEC committee alerted to possible data breach (updated)
Dan Nakaso reports: Members of Honolulu’s APEC Host Committee who represent some of Hawaii’s biggest companies and institutions have been told their personal information may have been stolen after security clearances were requested for them to meet with President Barack Obama Saturday night during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. East-West Center President Charles Morrison sent…
Another data breach revealed in Finland
The third large-scale data security breach in the space of a few days was revealed in Finland on Wednesday, with usernames, passwords and email addresses belonging to about 12,000 users of Netcar, a used car website, posted on the internet. A person claiming responsibility for the breach said they had no links to Anonymous Finland,…