Lora Kolodny reports: Tesla’s security team sent a warning to employees this week to stop leaking company information. The email, which was shared with CNBC and verified with multiple current employees who requested anonymity, warned that outsiders who “will do anything to see us fail” are “targeting” employees for information via social networks and other…
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$100-million class action lawsuit filed in Calgary over Marriott Hotels data breach
Kevin Martin reports: The massive data hack of guest information from the Marriott hotel empire has triggered a $100-million class action lawsuit in Calgary. A statement of claim filed in Calgary Court of Queen’s Bench says the data breach in which hackers accessed records on as many as 500 million hotel guests was due to…
Energy companies under attack
Zack Whittaker reports: A denial-of-service attack launched against an energy company providing power in several western U.S. states was enough to report “interruptions of electrical system operations” to the government’s energy authority. The “cyber event” lasted almost 10 hours on March 5, according to an electric emergency and disturbance report filed with the Department of…
Vulnerability in Tommy Hilfiger Japan DB Exposes Hundreds of Thousands of Customers to Data Theft
Paul Kane writes: Hacker-activists Noam Rotem and Ran L from Safety Detective’s research lab recently revealed a significant security breach in the Tommy Hilfiger Japan client database – leaving the private and personal details of hundreds of thousands of customers up for grabs. Nearly 1 Million Website Visits Tommy Hilfiger’s Japanese website, which received nearly…
Dell laptops and computers vulnerable to remote hijacks
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist utility exposes Dell laptops and personal computers to a remote attack that can allow hackers to execute code with admin privileges on devices using an older version of this tool and take over users’ systems. Dell has released a patch for this security flaw on April…
Charles River Laboratories discloses a breach, but details are lacking
From their SEC filing: On April 30, 2019, Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (the “Company” or “Registrant”) notified clients of unauthorized access into portions of its information systems. Promptly upon detection of unusual activity in its information systems in mid-March, the Company commenced an investigation into this incident, coordinated with U.S. federal law enforcement, and engaged…