There’s been an arrest in connection with the VTech hack that made headlines for involving 6.4 million children’s profiles. Much of the early disclosure about the hack was due to the hacker reaching out to Motherboard to tell them what he had done and what he had obtained. Thankfully, he seemed more interesting in exposing the infosecurity problem than…
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Shannen Doherty: My Ex-Manager Tricked SAG Into Revealing Medical Information (Exclusive Audio)
Eriq Gardner reports: When Tanner Mainstain employee Kimberly Gabay was asked her name, she responded, “Shannen Doherty.” The firm also was able to provide the actress’ social security number. Shannen Doherty’s lawsuit against her former business management firm was stunning enough for the revelation that the Beverly Hills, 90210 star has breast cancer, but in…
MacKeeper leak of 13M customers’ data acknowledged by Kromtech
Earlier today, I had mentioned a leak that Chris Vickery uncovered that involved over 13 million customers or users of MacKeeper, but now a bunch of reporters have reported on that leak in more depth. To their credit, Kromtech issued a disclosure statement about the leak, which was posted on MacKeeper: MacKeeper Security Advisory Kromtech is…
Two apps with health info found leaking: researcher. Part 2: Hzone
This is Part 2 of today’s posts reporting on apps leaking health information. The leaks were shared with DataBreaches.net by researcher Chris Vickery, and this one involves very sensitive health and medical information. Part 1 reported on iFit’s data leak. Screenshots provided to DataBreaches.net on December 8 by Vickery revealed that 4,926 user accounts from Hzone Dating App for HIV-positive…
Two apps with health info found leaking: researcher. Part 1: iFit
Apps that collect and store health-related information are often not covered by HIPAA, but a breach involving the data they collect could be problematic. Today, I report on two leaking apps containing health information. Both of these leaks were reported to DataBreaches.net by researcher Chris Vickery. Part 1, below, is on iFit’s data leak. Part 2 will report on…
NZ: Data breaches at Television New Zealand
Russell Blackstock reports: TVNZ has revealed two data security breaches over the past year, including the payment of a “fraudulent invoice” and the distribution of “commercially sensitive data” to external media agencies. The state broadcaster detailed the incidents in written answers to Parliament’s Commerce Committee. “An email phishing attack on a supplier resulted in a…