Stephen Nelling Apple Inc on Monday told a federal court it has “deep concerns” that two Chinese-born former employees accused of stealing trade secrets from the company will try to flee before their trials if their locations are not monitored. At a hearing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, prosecutors argued…
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Biggest data leaks of 2019 that hit Indians
Prabhjote Gill provides a recap of some of the biggest breaches and data leaks affecting Indian residents in 2019. You can read her report on Business Insider. It’s a by-the-numbers type of analysis, but it omits one incident that has numbers higher than one of the ones on their list. The 1to1Help.net leak was not…
Indiana objects to proposed Equifax data breach settlement
According to Bloomberg Law, Indiana has filed an objection to the proposed Equifax data breach settlement. The state wants the language of the settlement changed to exclude further actions by state attorneys general, or failing that, for the court to reject the proposed settlement.
Helix IPTV: Hackers Threaten to Expose Resellers & Customers
Andy writes: Popular ‘pirate’ IPTV provider Helix Hosting appears to be facing a crisis after someone claiming to be a hacker posted a message on the service’s homepage. According to the statement, Helix failed to pay a ransom so as a result, the personal details of customers and resellers, plus an owner’s name, address and…
Public Relations: How a Marketing & PR Platform Exposed Thousands of Users
The UpGuard research team reports: The UpGuard Research team can now disclose that a data collection originating from iPR Software (risk score: 683) containing details of 477,000 media contacts, business entity account information, over 35,000 user password hashes, assorted documents, and administrative system credentials has been secured. The Amazon S3 storage bucket contained a large collection…
Ransomware Writes Drama at Shakespeare Theatre
Lawrence Abrams reports: A ransomware attack over the weekend has taken down the ticketing system and patron database for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and has also affected at least one other organization in the Madison area. This could not come at a worse time for the Theatre as they were getting ready to begin their…