Matthew Vella reports: Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca has informed customers of the impending media storm yet to be unleashed, as a leak of company information is scheduled to hit the headlines. Mossack Fonseca – notorious for its indiscriminate assistance to the global rich and nefarious dictators – said its data had been leaked through…
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Hacker Breaches Porn Network, Advertises User Data on Dark Web
Joseph Cox reports: A hacker has gained access to administrative functions on the porn website Team Skeet and is advertising a database supposedly containing email addresses, plain text passwords, names, and physical and IP addresses for over 237,000 users of the site, as well as the broader porn network, Paper Street Media (PSM). “I want…
UK: Tesco data thief must return from Lithuania for sentencing
From the hey-fella-wanna-come-back-so-we-can-sentence-you-please? dept: A rogue supermarket worker who stole sensitive customer data from his employers is to be called back from Lithuania. Thomas Wengierow was absent from Dundee Sheriff Court on Friday, where he would have faced sentencing for a serious breach of the Data Protection Act. The 47-year-old delved into databases while working…
More than a million Menulog customers’ private data at risk of theft
Esther Han reports: The private information of more than a million customers of online takeaway giant Menulog is at risk of being stolen, with experts deeming the website as “vulnerable” and “not secure”. Nicola Holden, from Victorian chain Pizza Fellas, said when she logged in to the Menulog website, she stumbled upon the names and…
Verizon Double-Take
Chris Vickery writes: I was surprised to read that the crooks nabbed a MongoDB from Verizon that is being sold on the black market for $100,000. The reason I’m surprised? Well, I discovered a highly similar Verizon breach this last December. Brian Krebs recently reported on a Verizon data breach here: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/crooks-steal-sell-verizon-enterprise-customer-data I don’t know for…
Godiva workers’ IDs sold in Florida sting, feds say
Stephanie Allen reports: A Kissimmee man is facing federal charges alleging he sold hundreds of Godiva Chocolatier employees’ identities. Jonathan Munoz was arrested Thursday after meeting with an undercover Internal Revenue Service agent to allegedly sell a list of names, Social Security numbers and date of births, court documents state. Read more on Orlando Sentinel. So where…