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Personal details of thousands of UK drivers ‘are exposed in huge data breach’ as car parking app used by councils across Britain shows users other motorists’ information

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Dissent

Rebecca Taylor reports: Thousands of users of a parking payment app have potentially had their details shared with other customers in what is suspected to be a huge data breach. Following an app update, hundreds of customers using the RingGo parking tool found other people’s details when they logged into their own accounts. Read more…

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Montreal man gives HP failing grade after data breach

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Dissent

And once again, we see why incident response is so important to reputation management. CBC reports: When Montrealer Hamid Shirdastian alerted tech company HP Inc. to a possible scam earlier this month, the company admitted to him it had been hacked, he told CBC — and then asked him for $100 to try to fix the problem. “I think…

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Canadian judge denies bail to alleged Yahoo hacker, Karim Baratov

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Dissent

Rob Gillies reports: A judge denied bail Tuesday to a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails, arguing he had the means and incentive to flee. Karim Baratov, 22, has alleged ties to Russian agents and access to significant amounts of cash, making him a serious flight risk if freed on bail,…

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Would you like your bank account cleaned out with your car? Debit card breach reported by car washes. (Updates)

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Dissent

If you used a payment card between February 6 and February 28 at any Acme Car Wash, Clearwater Express Car Wash, Wildwater Express Carwash, or Auto Pride Car Wash location, check your debit card statements. The third-party provider for their Point-of-Sale system notified theses businesses on March 27 that malware injection on the POS system may have compromised…

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Wonga warns 270,000 borrowers of possible data theft

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Dissent

Mark Vandevelde reports that payday lender Wonga is notifying 270,000 customers that their personal details may have been acquired by a hacker. In related coverage, Shruti Tripathi Chopra of City A.M. reports: Personal details of 245,000 UK customers of payday lender Wonga may have been stolen in a data breach discovered last week. City A.M. understands that information including…

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The threat within: Arrests of former employees announced in two New Jersey cases

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Dissent

Jessica Mazzola reports: An East Brunswick man was arrested Friday on charges he stole about 20,000 confidential files from his employer to open a consulting business after his retirement, federal authorities said. Anchi Hou, 61, a retired employee of DuPont, was charged was theft of trade secrets after allegedly copying and stealing the files from…

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