Mike Isaac reports: Two men pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose, Calif., to charges of computer hacking and an extortion conspiracy on Wednesday, capping a thorny legal saga that ensnared tech companies like Uber and LinkedIn in data breach scandals. The resolution of the case comes as Americans grapple with theft and misuse…
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Important Security Information from Register.com
From the FAQ on their site: Frequently Asked Questions What happened?On October 16, 2019, Register.com determined that a third-party gained unauthorized access to a limited number of our computer systems in late August 2019, and as a result, account information may have been accessed. No credit card data was compromised as a result of this…
U.S. Food Chain Alerts Customers of Payment Card Incident
Sergiu Gatlan reports: U.S. fast-food restaurant chain Krystal disclosed a security incident involving one of is payment processing systems and affecting some of its restaurants between July and September 2019. […] Krystal says that “the security incident may have involved payment cards processed by a payment processing system used at certain restaurants” and that not…
Ransomware hit TrialWorks, law firms and lawyers were not able to access court documents
Pierluigi Paganini reports: TrialWorks, a company that provides the most established and widely used legal case management software solutions, was a victim of a ransomware attack earlier this month. At result of the attack, law firms and lawyers, were not able to access the legal documents hosted on TrialWorks’ platform. Read more on Security Affairs.
CenturyLinks’ suffers data leak due to vendor error
Tim Sandle reports: CenturyLink has reported that a customer information database of 2.8 million records was found exposed. The database was affiliated with a third-party notification platform and has been exposed for 10 months. With the CenturyLink issue, the personal information of hundreds of thousands on CenturyLink customers, including name, addresses, email addresses, and phone…
Adobe Exposed Data of More Than 7 Million Software Users
Nico Grant reports: Adobe Inc. exposed the data of 7.5 million of its creative-software customers, a person familiar with the matter said, in the latest example of a company leaving consumer information visible on the internet. Adobe addressed the vulnerability the same day it was discovered, Oct. 19, said the person, who asked not to…