Krysyy wrote: Dear EMC Community, It has come to our attention that one of our Staff Team member’s accounts was recently compromised. A banned player with malicious intentions utilized a Staff member’s account and accessed staff confidential information. Some of you may have already been aware of this, due to the player’s not-so-subtle temp and…
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Trump’s campaign mute about data security #fail?
It may not be on the level of failing to adequately secure State Department communications, but it seems Donald Trump’s organization could use a refresher course on data security. And when it finishes that, it might want to tackle a course on transparency. On Sunday night, DataBreaches.net received an email from MacKeeper Security Research Center lead researcher Chris Vickery….
‘Guccifer 2.0’ Releases More DNC Docs — Including Tim Kaine’s Cell Number
Tom Winter reports: The hacker or hackers who claim to have broken into Democratic Party systems released more documents Tuesday, including what appeared to be the personal cell phone of vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine. “Guccifer 2.0” released over 670 megabytes of documents at a cybersecurity conference in London Tuesday. The work cell phone numbers,…
TH: NBTC to probe alleged privacy breach by AIS employee
The Nation reports: The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has set up the working panel to investigate an Advanced Info Service employee’s alleged breach of the company’s policy on security of customers’ personal data. […] The case went public when an AIS customer posted on the popular website Pantip.com on Monday that she had learned that…
EurekAlert! goes offline following attack
September 13, 2016 – 10:10 p.m. EDT Dear EurekAlert! Registrants: The EurekAlert! website has been taken offline as AAAS works diligently to address a serious security breach. We are taking this step out of an abundance of caution. The integrity of content on our website is of the utmost concern to us. On September 11,…
6.6 million plaintext passwords exposed as site gets hacked to the bone
Dan Goodin reports: Plaintext passwords, usernames, e-mail addresses, and a wealth of other personal information has been published for more than 2.2 million people who created accounts with ClixSense, a site that claims to pay users for viewing ads and completing online surveys. The people who dumped it say they’re selling data for another 4.4 million…