From a notification filed on behalf of Donaldson Company, Inc.: On March 24, 2017, a Donaldson employee’s company-issued, user ID and password-protected laptop was stolen from the employee’s vehicle while it was located off Donaldson’s premises. On March 29, 2017, Donaldson discovered that the laptop contained, in electronic form, certain Donaldson employees’ personal information, specifically…
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TheDarkOverlord leaks upcoming episode of Orange is the New Black after Netflix doesn’t pay extortion demand (Updated)
After a two-month hiatus, and with pixels to spare, TheDarkOverlord let it be known today that they are still hacking and attempting to extort their victims: And so let it be read that the loathsome giants do too fall. Hello Netflix, we’ve arrived: https://t.co/Fmb1gsZf4a — thedarkoverlord (@tdohack3r) April 28, 2017 “And so let it be read that the…
Info on Home Depot customers exposed (but no financial data)
Michael E. Kanell reports: A spread sheet listing about 8,000 customers, along with their transaction and a range of personal information, was posted for an unknown amount of time, on a Home Depot web site. No financial data was part of the list, which did not compare with the 2014 data breach in which hackers…
UK: Two plead guilty to 2015 TalkTalk data breach
Shaun Nichols reports the latest on the 2015 TalkTalk hack: Two chaps in the UK have admitted stealing more than 150,000 customer records from TalkTalk. Matthew Hanley, 22, and Connor Douglass Allsopp, 20, both from Tamworth, copped to charges in connection to the 2015 attack on the broadband ISP’s systems and subsequent attempts to sell people’s…
Customer Data From Encrypted Phone Company Ciphr Dumped Online
Joseph Cox reports: The industry for so-called encrypted or secure phones is a lively one. Several firms sell custom BlackBerry or Android devices that may come pre-loaded with tools such as PGP email for sending messages, and some of these companies’ products have allegedly been used by organized crime. But it’s also a competitive market….
US ISP Goes Down as Two Malware Families Go to War Over Its Modems
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Two malware families battling for turf are most likely the cause of an outage suffered by Californian ISP Sierra Tel at the beginning of the month. This outage took place on April 10, 2017, when Sierra Tel customers started complaining about losing Internet and telephone connectivity. While initially there were unconfirmed rumors…