Hakan Tanriverdi, Svea Eckert, Jan Strozyk, Maximilian Zierer, and Rebecca Ciesielski report: This investigation starts with a code: daa0 c7cb f4f0 fbcf d6d1. If you know what to look for, you’ll find Winnti. Hackers who have been spying on businesses all over the world for years. A group, presumably China-based, has honed in on Germany…
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Health IT companies impacted by browser extension data leak: report
Heather Landi reports: Browser extensions, also known as add-ons or plug-ins, are commonly used by desktop Web surfers to do things ranging from blocking ads to remembering passwords to checking grammar. According to an independent security researcher, some extensions have been leaking and exposing browsing activity data, including patient names and health information from healthcare…
Yahoo’s $117 Million Data Breach Settlement Moves Forward
Wendy Davis reports: Yahoo’s $117.5 million settlement of massive data breaches occurring between 2012 and 2016 has been granted preliminary approval by a federal judge. The deal’s terms don’t “improperly grant preferential treatment to any individual or segment of the settlement class and fall within the range of possible approval as fair, reasonable, and adequate,”…
Sky Customers Are Being Forced To Reset Passwords. Has There Been A Breach?
Davey Winder reports: Sky customers have been reacting with confusion and anger on Twitter as they receive emails from Sky informing them that they need to reset their passwords. Many customers thought, understandably, that this was a phishing email. However, the Sky Help Team responded by telling them that Sky will “occasionally reset the password…
Colombia Orders Uber to Improve Data Security After 2016 Breach
Reuters reports: Colombia has given ride-hailing app Uber Technologies four months to improve its data security, the commerce regulator said on Tuesday, after a 2016 data breach affected more than 260,000 of the South American country’s residents. Last year, Uber agreed to pay a fine of $148 million in a settlement reached in the United…
QuickBit Confirms Details of More Than 300,000 Customers Were Exposed
Neil Dennis reports: QuickBit, a cryptocurrency exchange listed in Sweden, confirmed on Monday reports of a security breach that left many of its customer records exposed. Reporting for Comparitech, tech writer Paul Bischoff claimed that a database containing more than 300,000 customer records was left open so “anyone online could view its contents”. Read more…