Joseph Cox reports: A hacker or group of hackers is apparently trying to extort Apple over alleged access to a large cache of iCloud and other Apple email accounts. The hackers, who identified themselves as ‘Turkish Crime Family’, demanded $75,000 in Bitcoin or Ethereum, another increasingly popular crypto-currency, or $100,000 worth of iTunes gift cards…
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UK: Three Data Breach Exposes Mobile Customer Account Details To Total Strangers
Steve McCaskill reports: Three customers have reported seeing other users details in their online accounts and My3 application in fresh cybersecurity breach. Three has suffered a new data breach after an apparent technical glitch saw customers presented with the account details of other subscribers. Those affected could apparently access the bills, call logs and phone numbers of…
Hackers Try to Steal Baidu’s Driverless Car Secrets
Tom Mackenzie reports: Baidu Inc. has revealed that a gang of “hackers-for-hire” tried to steal its driverless car technology, prompting it to bulk up its cybersecurity team. The Beijing-based company’s head of cybersecurity, Ma Jie, said it was unclear who was behind the gang. “It’s very difficult to know who employs them to do that,…
Saks Fifth Avenue Exposed Personal Info On Tens Of Thousands Of Customers
Leticia Miranda reports: The personal information of tens of thousands of customers of Saks Fifth Avenue has been publicly available in plain text online, BuzzFeed News has learned. The online shopping site for the brand is maintained by the digital division of its owner, the Canada-based Hudson’s Bay Company. Until recently, unencrypted, publicly accessible web…
Oh those inadequately secured backup devices…
While I’ve been busy tracking W-2 phishing scams, let’s not lose sight of the fact that there are other ways for criminals to obtain W-2 or tax information, and that human error continues to turn assets into low-hanging fruit. Interpreters Unlimited recently notified the Vermont Attorney General’s Office that the contents of an employee’s backup device were…
Neiman Marcus to settle long-running data breach litigation for $1.6m?
Law360 reports: Neiman Marcus has agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve a data breach class action in Illinois federal court over a December 2013 cyber intrusion that revealed the credit card data of 350,000 shoppers of the luxury retailer, according to a court document filed Friday. Read more on Law360 if you have a…