John W. Miller reports: U.S. Steel Corp. is alleging that Chinese government hackers stole proprietary methods for making lightweight steel on behalf of Chinese steel producers seeking to supply a bigger share of the U.S. auto-making market. Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel, in a complaint filed on Tuesday with the International Trade Commission, said a computer belonging to a Pittsburgh researcher was hacked…
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American Samoa Domain Registry Was Exposing Client Data Since the mid-1990s
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A British security researcher that goes online only by the name of InfoSec Guy revealed today that American Samoa domain registry ASNIC was using an outdated domain name management system that contained a bug allowing anyone to view the personal details of any .as domain owner. The researcher also claims that anyone…
Banks Sue Wendy’s Over Five-Month-Long Data Hack
Nick Rummell reports that it’s not just affected customers suing Wendy’s after a data breach disclosed in February – the banks are suing, too: A major data security breach at Wendy’s restaurants could have been easily prevented had the company acted faster, according to a class action filed on behalf of banks whose customers were…
GoldCorp hacked, data dumped
Yesterday I was contacted by hackers who claimed that GoldCorp, a gold-mining firm with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia (TSX:G NYSE: GG), had been “badly hacked” and its data dumped. I’ve written up the details we’ve found so far, and you can read all about it on The Daily Dot, where I’ll be contributing occasionally. And if you’re the hacker(s) who…
Minecraft Server Exposes Details of 7 Million Gamers
Catalin Cimpanu reports: It appears that details of over seven million Minecraft gamers were being sold on the Dark Web, Troy Hunt security researcher has revealed today on Twitter. The data belonged to users of the Lifeboat Minecraft community and included user details such as usernames, email addresses, and MD5-hashed passwords. Read more on Softpedia.
dōTERRA letter informs customers of possible data breach
McKenzie Romero reports: A letter sent to customers and distributors from doTERRA, the Utah-based essential oil company, is warning that an apparent data breach last month may have compromised their personal information. A letter dated April 18 explains that a breach of doTERRA’s third-party data hosting and software service provider may have accessed the names,…