Kara Swisher reports: Facebook reported on Friday a bug in its system “that may have allowed some of a person’s contact information (email or phone number) to be accessed by people who either had some contact information about that person or some connection to them.” The bug, which was reported via Facebook’s crowdsourced, White Hat security researcher program,…
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Banana Republic Accidentally Sends Customer a Package Of Confidential Employee Information
Oops. Kim Bhasin reports: Emily Dreyfuss and her fiancé were stunned when they opened their package from Banana Republic. Instead of the tie and pocket square they’d ordered, the parcel was stuffed full of confidential employee documents: Social Security numbers, tax forms, resignation letters, legal notices, doctors’ notes and performance reviews. “Someone literally just put…
Pirate Bay co-founder jailed for two years
From The Local: Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison for data breaches, aggravated fraud, and attempted aggravated fraud, in what was Sweden’s biggest ever hacking trial. Svartholm Warg was convicted by the Nacka District Court after a hacking attack against Swedish IT firm Logica through which…
Hackers Break Into Toyota Server
Yoree Koh reports: Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its Japanese-language corporate website had been hacked earlier this month. The world’s biggest auto maker said the security breach didn’t compromise customer information because such data isn’t stored on the site. But it urges those who visited the site from June 5 to June 14 to install…
ADP “software code error” exposes Houston govt. employees’ info online
Cindy George reports: Technical issues encountered by the city of Houston’s payroll contractor could have potentially exposed personal information for nearly 5,000 local government workers, including more than 1,000 in the Houston Police Department. Widespread notice about the compromised data emerged on Wednesday when the Houston Police Officers’ Union posted a notice to members on its…
Dumpster discoveries anger tenants
Robert Townsend reports: Some former applicants and tenants are frustrated after finding their social security numbers, bank statements and other personal information in a dumpster at the Eldorado Apartments on E. 67th Street in Raytown, Mo. Read more on Fox4