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Hackers claim to have personal info of millions of Instagram accounts, including celebs

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Dissent

Sarah Buhr reports: A group of hackers used a bug earlier this week to scrape the phone numbers and email addresses of six million Instagram accounts and are now selling that information on the web. The hackers mainly targeted celebrities and verified users, including Selena Gomez, who’s account was hacked two days ago. The hackers…

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BroadSoft Inc. left millions of partners’ customer data records exposed

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Dissent

Bob Diachenko of Kromtech Security reports: One of the top companies that provides cloud-based unified communications has just leaked more than 600GB of sensitive files online. The Kromtech Security Center has discovered not just one but two cloud-based file repositories (AWS S3 buckets with public access) that appear to be connected to the global communication…

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Yahoo must face litigation by data breach victims: U.S. judge

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Dissent

Jonathan Stempel reports: A U.S. judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over 1 billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches. Wednesday night’s decision from U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, was a setback for efforts by Verizon Communications Inc,…

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Instagram alerts high-profile users their data may have been accessed

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Dissent

Selena Larson reports: Instagram is alerting high-profile users that someone could have accessed their phone number and email address through a bug in its software. In an email sent to verified users on Wednesday, Instagram said that no account passwords were accessed, and the bug has been fixed. It is reminding those people to use…

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Court revives one case related to SuperValu data breach

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Dissent

Judy Greenwald reports: A federal appeals court has upheld dismissal of most of the plaintiffs who sued the SuperValu Inc. grocery distributor in connection with 2014 data breaches, but reinstated the case of one plaintiff who provided evidence his credit card was misused. Supermarket wholesaler and retailer SuperValu, based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, reported two…

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Former Allianz Insurance employees get suspended sentences for bribery offences

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Dissent

Terry Gangcuangco reports: Three former Allianz Insurance employees and the two brothers who approached them to leak over 700 pieces of confidential customer data have been sentenced for bribery offences. According to the City of London Police, the three were paid more than £7,000 for the leaked information, which was then passed to claims management…

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