There’s been a second arrest in the TalkTalk data breach case. And again, it’s a teenager that’s been arrested. Police confirmed that an unnamed male 16-year old from Feltham, West London, was arrested on charges under the Computer Misuse Act. He’s out on bail now. Read more on Bit-Tech. If TalkTalk wants to argue its…
Category: Business Sector
Comcast Agrees to Pay $33 Million in Data Breach Settlement for Leaking Thousands of Unlisted Numbers
Kelly Vargas writes: On September 17, 2015, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a $33 million settlement between Comcast, CPUC staff, and the California Attorney General’s office (along with public interest groups TURN and the Greenlining Institute), related to a Comcast data breach that resulted in the personal information (name, address and telephone number) of nearly 75,000 Comcast…
First National Bank warns of large data breach at unidentified national business
Cole Epley reports: A large data breach at an unidentified, national business has prompted First National Bank of Omaha to issue new debit cards to customers in seven states. The Omaha-based bank with operations in Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Texas recently sent new cards to customers with a letter explaining that…
UK: Optimal Payments says investigating data breach allegations
Mamidipudi Soumithri reports: British mobile payments company Optimal Payments Plc said it was investigating allegations that personal data belonging to some of its customers had been compromised and was available in the public domain. Optimal shares fell 11 percent to 309.5 pence, their sharpest fall in a day this year and lowest since Sept….
British Gas responds to data dump: not our data
Barry Cooper reports: More than two thousand British Gas customers have had their personal details posted online after a security breach. The energy firm has moved to reassure the 2,200 customers affected that despite email addresses and account passwords being placed online, their bank account information has not been put at risk. While no credit card information…
Breaches, traders, plain text passwords, ethical disclosure and 000webhost
Troy Hunt writes: It’s a bit hard to even know where to begin with this one, perhaps at the start and then I’ll try and piece all the bits together as best I can. As you may already know if you’re familiar with this blog, I run the service Have I been pwned? (HIBP) which…