The Chronicle reports: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has confirmed that a data leak has left 1000 Toowoomba residents vulnerable to identity fraud. There are few details about how the security breach occurred, but the OAIC confirmed that financial information of customers of Amazing Rentals was left visible online. Read more on…
Category: Business Sector
California Court Weighs in on the FTC’s Data Security Enforcement Authority
Kade N. Olsen and Craig A. Newman report on a court opinion in the D-Link case – a case that addresses some of the issues also raised in LabMD vs. FTC: Yesterday, a District Court in Northern California weighed in on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority to protect consumers from “unfair” and “deceptive”…
Equifax admits it had another breach 5 months before the one it disclosed
Michael Riley , Anita Sharpe , and Jordan Robertson report: Equifax Inc. learned about a major breach of its computer systems in March — almost five months before the date it has publicly disclosed, according to three people familiar with the situation. In a statement, the company said the March breach was not related to…
Dutch Bitcoin Broker Litebit Suffers Second Data Breach in Six Weeks
JP Buntinx reports: Most European cryptocurrency enthusiasts have come across the Litebit.eu platform at some point. The company has quickly made a name for itself as one of the more prominent cryptocurrency brokers in the European market. It provides users with a convenient way to buy most major currencies with convenient payment methods, including instant…
More details on the Equifax hack?
Wow. Just wow. Read this. Those suing Equifax are going to find a lot in that report that will undoubtedly be referenced in any complaint alleging negligence. Update: I should have added to the above that I have no way of knowing if any of it is true or if it is all fabricated. But…
Vevo Hackers Leak — Then Delete — Huge Trove of Internal Videos, Documents
Todd Spangler reports: A notorious hacker group broke into the servers of music-streaming service Vevo, releasing more than 3 terabytes of internal documents and video content online — before removing them later Friday morning at Vevo’s request. The purloined cache, posted by hacking and security collective OurMine, included videos, a batch of documents labeled “premieres,” as…