From Binance: Fellow Binancians, To ensure a safe crypto community, we can’t simply play defense. We need to actively prevent any instances of hacking before they occur, as well as follow through after-the-fact. Even though the hacking attempt against Binance on March 7th was not successful, it was clear it was a large-scale, organized effort….
Category: Business Sector
Data Breach Left Millions of Israeli Kids’ Pictures Vulnerable to Hacking
Amitai Ziv reports: A serious security breach in an app called Remini left millions of pictures of Israeli children vulnerable to being leaked to the internet. Remini is an app that enables preschool teachers to stay in touch with parents. It allows them to share everything from pictures and videos through schedules of classroom activities…
SuperValu Data Breach Claim Nixed, Court Sees No Consumer Harm
Daniel R. Stoller reports: Grocery store chains SuperValu Inc. and New Albertson’s Inc. again dodged class claims over a 2014 data breach that impacted over 1,000 stores, after a federal court said hacked payment card data didn’t inflict enough direct harm to sustain a lawsuit. Judge Ann D. Montgomery of the U.S. District Court for…
Ca: JJ Meds was attacked today
JJ Meds is a medical marijuana delivery service in Canada. They seem to have received an extortion demand, as they explained on the CanadianMOM forum (“MOM” refers to Mail Order Marijuana, not that lovely woman who made you peanut butter and jelly sandwiches): Hi everyone, we wanted to share with the community what has happened.Drama: Today…
This bill would make it easier for businesses to keep data breaches under wraps
David Lazarus has some unflattering words for a bill introduced in Congress by Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer and Carolyn Maloney. Indeed, the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act might be more aptly named the “Businesses Get Out of Jail Free Pass and Screw The Consumers Act of 2018.” Well, ok, I grant you that that…
LA talent agency burglarized of three computers with private data
Francesca Bacardi reports: Los Angeles talent agency Innovative Artists might have exposed clients and employees’ “personal information” in a possible data security incident when it was burglarized last month, according to a letter from the agency obtained by Page Six. The agency’s Santa Monica office was burglarized at 11 p.m. on Feb. 11, where three…