RTÉ reports: The Dublin Port Company has confirmed it has launched an investigation into the source of the data leak to establish how it occurred and by whom it was carried out. This follows recent media reports regarding the company, detailing expenditure on credit cards. Read more on RTÉ
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$27K in restitution ordered for man who hacked Palo Alto Online
Sue Dremann reports the follow-up on a hack that occurred in 2015 and that was previously reported on this site. The 36-year-old man who hacked and temporarily shut down Palo Alto Online and other Embarcadero Media websites nearly four years ago was sentenced Wednesday in San Jose federal court to time already served, one-year of…
Hacker hits Symantec and accesses passwords
Mark Wyciślik-Wilson reports: Security firm Symantec was attacked by a hacker back in February, but the company did not reveal details of the incident. The attack has been brought to light by Guardian Australia which has seen some of the data extracted by hackers. This comprises not only passwords, but what is thought to be…
Critical Flaw in Evernote Add-On Exposed Sensitive Data of Millions
Sergiu Gatlan reports: A critical flaw in the Evernote Web Clipper Chrome extension could allow potential attackers to access users’ sensitive information from third party online services. “Due to Evernote’s widespread popularity, this issue had the potential of affecting its consumers and companies who use the extension – about 4,600,000 users at the time of…
Auto Dealer Software Provider Settles FTC Data Security Allegations
The following is a press release issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that relates to a data security incident — a misconfiguration — discovered by MacKeeper researchers in 2016 that was previously noted on this site, including a subsequent settlement between DealerBuilt and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. From the wording of the…
Radiohead’s unreleased OK Computer audio was stolen. Now the band is letting everyone hear it.
Allegra Frank reports: When music pirates go low, Radiohead goes high. After a hacker stole 18 hours’ worth of unreleased music that the band recorded during the late ’90s, one of its peak creative periods, Radiohead didn’t fight to keep the tracks out of the public ear. Instead, the band made the stolen tunes available…