Kritti Bhalla reports: Microblogging website Twitter, on December 21, admitted that a malicious code was inserted into its mobile-app that may have compromised some user’s information. The privacy breach is said to have taken place worldwide, including India. “We don’t have evidence that malicious code was inserted into the app or that this vulnerability was…
Category: Business Sector
Member of “Turkish Crime Family” who attempted to extort Apple in 2017 gets no prison time
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A 22-year-old man was sentenced today in London for his involvement in an extortion attempt against Apple, during which the suspect and co-conspirators threatened to mass-hack iCloud accounts and factory reset 250 million iPhones and iPads. The man, Kerem Albayrak, was sentenced today to a two-year suspended jail term, 300 hours of…
Fashion rental company HURR Collective exposed user information through misconfigured plugin
James Walker reports: HURR Collective, a UK-based fashion rental company, has notified around 400 users of a data security incident that resulted in their email addresses being exposed, The Daily Swig has learned. A misconfigured plugin on the HURR website meant that users’ email addresses could be obtained simply by clicking ‘View Source’ on certain web pages….
Over 267 million Facebook users had their names, phone numbers, and profiles exposed thanks to a public database, researcher says
Kevin Webb reports: Cybersecurity researchers said on Thursday that more than 267 million Facebook users had their personal data exposed in an online database that collected their names, Facebook IDs, and phone numbers. The database was available online without a password to anyone who accessed it for about two weeks, according to Comparitech, a tech website,…
UK: Ex-employee of ICT contractor jailed for Jet2 cyber attacks
A disgruntled ex-employee has been jailed after he admitted carrying out cyber attacks against Jet2 which took down their computer systems for more than 12 hours. NCA investigators proved that 27-year-old Scott Burns from Morley, Leeds, illegally accessed a domain operated by Dart Group and their subsidiary, Jet2, on two separate occasions in January 2018….
An Open Letter from Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens to Our Customers
December 19, 2019 NOTICE OF DATA BREACH Dear Wawa Customers, At Wawa, the people who come through our doors every day are not just customers, you are our friends and neighbors, and nothing is more important than honoring and protecting your trust. Today, I am very sorry to share with you that Wawa has experienced…