Say it ain’t so, Joe! The Register has disclosed their own data breach – an e-mail gaffe: Between 8:58 and 10:20 this morning we sent an email to 3,521 of you that contained the names and email addresses of 46,524 of our readers. Obviously, this was an error. The two-stage send process that is the…
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Seoul Matchmaker’s Hard Drive Stolen, 1500 Affected
AlertBoot reports on a case for which I find no English-language media coverage, so I’m quoting their summary of the breach: Matchmakers in Korea require a lot of information to find out if people are compatible, as must be the case for matchmakers around the globe. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the…
Gameloft confirms that Order & Chaos Online accounts on Facebook and mobile devices have been hacked
Will Wilson reports: Gameloft has admitted to Pocket Gamer that a number of Order & Chaos Online players have had their accounts hacked, and that the company is looking into the cause for the security breaches in its MMORPG. The exact number of victims is unknown at this time, although the official forums for the…
Laptop stolen from PSEG employee’s home contained employee data
A laptop stolen during a burglary of a PSEG employee’s home on September 25 contained employees’ names and Social Security numbers. According to a letter sent to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on October 7, the New Jersey electricity and gas company intended to notify affected employees on or about October 10. The letter…
Lord of the Rings Online forum database hacked
Announcement on Lord of the Rings Online Forum: Turbine recommend that all players change their passwords by visiting https://myaccount.turbine.com. Please remember to use unique, hard-to guess passwords that are not associated with other online services or sites. The FAQ on the incident, undated, says that, “Recently, we became aware of a compromise of the LOTRO…
AdvancePierre Foods sends unencrypted employee 401k data on flash drive that gets lost in the mail
Through their attorneys, AdvancePierre Foods recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a flash drive containing unencrypted personal information of its employees had been lost in the U.S. mail. The October 6 letter indicated that on September 8, the firm had sent the flash drive to its 401k provider, Milliman. The envelope arrived on…