There’s a follow-up to a breach that I had described as one of the worst insider breaches at its time – because it put lives at serious risk and some victims were firebombed or shot at. Mi-Jung Lee and Kendra Mangione recently interviewed one of the victims, who continues to have concerns about the handling…
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Rewards “R” Us members notified of forced password reset
Toys “R” Us has been notifying members of their Rewards “R” Us program after they obtained evidence of attempts to gain unauthorized access to some accounts. A spokesperson for the retailer tells DataBreaches.net: The vendor responsible for our loyalty program made us aware of unauthorized attempts to access our Rewards member accounts. This appears to be…
Niche dark web marketplaces for buying confidential insider information
You’ve probably heard of Alpha Bay and some other dark web marketplaces. But have you ever heard about Kick Ass Marketplace or The Stock Insiders? Mohit Kumar reports that there are dark web marketplaces where one can buy and sell stolen insider data. According to a new report from the US-based risk security firm RedOwl…
TX: Documents with Personal Information Inside Dumpster, Thursday Edition
A dumpster diver in Harlingen, Texas hit pay dirt: “Social Security numbers, birthdays, home addresses, home telephone numbers, you name it,” he said. Channel 5 News tracked the documents back to Harlingen Texas Motors, which closed last year. But wait…. it’s probably not what you’re guessing. Read on: We spoke to the owner of the business. He…
Target data breach settlement remanded by appeals court after two consumers raise concerns
It ain’t over until…. well, no body-shaming here, but Target is not out of the woods on litigation from their massive 2013 breach. Law360 is reporting: The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to send back to lower court the $10 million deal that let Target Corp. out of multidistrict litigation over its notorious 2013 data breach,…
2.5 million PlayStation and Xbox players’ details stolen by hackers
Richard Trenholm reports: Millions of Xbox and PSP gamers have had their personal details hacked. A data breach of two popular gaming forums has exposed the account details of 2.5 million users, potentially opening up their other online accounts to attack by hackers. The Xbox360 and PSP ISOs, which host game download files, were hacked in September 2015. That’s…