A notice on their web site says that Rand McNally is upgrading their systems: Oh really? Why didn’t their site just admit what they wrote in email: “Dear Valued Customer, Rand McNally recently discovered a disruption to certain portions of our computer network. We commenced an immediate investigation that included taking certain systems offline and…
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Danish news agency Ritzau rejects ransom demand after hacker attack
And yet another news agency gets hit with ransomware — this time, though, it’s a Danish one. Associated Press reports that Ritzau “rejected” the ransom demand, but it’s more than that — they wouldn’t even read it, it seems, taking the advice of their advisors. Ritzau CEO Lars Vesterloekke couldn’t say how big the ransom…
Home Depot settles multi-state lawsuit stemming from 2014 breach
A number of states have issued press releases about how their state was part of a newly announced settlement stemming from a Home Depot breach in 2014. That breach has been covered quite a bit on this site already, as it resulted in a lot of litigation involving card issuers, credit unions, banks, and of…
Post-Breach, Peatix Data Reportedly Found on Instagram, Telegram
Lindsey O’Donnell reports: Event-discovery application Peatix has disclosed a data breach, after ads for stolen user-account information were reportedly being circulated on Instagram and Telegram. In a data breach notice to affected users, Peatix said it learned on Nov. 9 that user account data had been improperly accessed. Read more on ThreatPost.
Banijay Employee Data Potentially Breached After Super-Producer Falls Victim To Cyber Attack
Jake Kanter reports: Highly sensitive employee data, including bank account details and home addresses, may have been breached after super-producer Banijay was the victim of what could be a major hack late last week. Banijay, the company behind global hits including MasterChef and Big Brother, had its IT systems compromised by a bad actor demanding a ransom, potentially exposing the…
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open… for years
Danny Bradbury reports: Two separate internet affiliate networks have closed vulnerabilities that exposed potentially millions of records in one of the most sensitive areas: payday loans. US-based software engineer Kevin Traver contacted us after he found two large groups of short-term loan websites that were giving up sensitive personal information via separate vulnerabilities. These groups…