Ry Crozier reports: Imagine what would happen if you went to open your emailed group certificate and found out it was your boss’ or a colleague’s instead. That’s the rather awkward situation some customers of MYOB could be facing after its automated payroll program accidentally emailed 220 individual payment summaries to the wrong people. Read…
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Hacker in DDoS attacks on Daybreak Games gets two years in prison
Owen S. Good reports: Another hacker behind attacks on Daybreak Game Company, then known as Sony Online Entertainment, is going to prison. Austin Thompson of Utah will be behind bars for the next 27 months, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced Tuesday. Thompson, 23, pleaded guilty in November (official charge:…
D-Link Agrees to Make Security Enhancements to Settle FTC Litigation
Smart home products manufacturer D-Link Systems, Inc., has agreed to implement a comprehensive software security program in order to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations over misrepresentations that the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure its wireless routers and Internet-connected cameras. The settlement ends FTC litigation against D-Link stemming from a 2017 complaint in…
Billions of Records Including Passwords Leaked by Smart Home Vendor (Updated)
Sergiu Gatlan reports: A publicly accessible ElasticSearch cluster owned by Orvibo, a Chinese smart home solutions provider, leaked more than two billion user logs containing sensitive data of customers from countries all over the world. Orvibo provides its clients with smart solutions designed to help them manage houses, offices, and hotel rooms via smart systems…
Former Equifax employee sentenced for insider trading
ATLANTA, JUNE 27 – Jun Ying, the former Chief Information Officer of Equifax U.S. Information Solutions, has been sentenced to federal prison for insider trading. “Ying thought of his own financial gain before the millions of people exposed in this data breach even knew they were victims,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “He…
Jack’d To Pay $240K For Private Photos Leak
Devin Randall reports: Jack’d is paying out money make up for its picture leak. Earlier this year, we shared with you how a single tech expert Oliver Hough discovered that there was a large hole in Jack’d’s code. It turns out, the company did not properly secure photos and data uploaded using Amazon Web Services…