Three John Doe plaintiffs who were paying customers of AshleyMadison.com have sued Amazon Web Services, GoDaddy, and unnamed John Roe web site owners/operators who created sites allowing people to search for individuals who might be in the database. In a complaint filed in Arizona federal court, the plaintiffs – one from California, one from New Jersey,…
Category: Business Sector
Credit card information stolen at gas stations
I’m seeing a rash of reports involving card skimmers at gas stations, most of which I’m not posting to this blog. Here are two such reports as examples, though: Michigan State Police and the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office are investigating reports of fraudulent credit card activity. There have been at least 12 credit card skimmers found at…
Mozilla says hacker compromised Bugzilla and used stolen ‘security-sensitive’ info to attack Firefox users
Emil Protalinsky reports: Mozilla today detailed a security attack on its bugtracker and testing tool Bugzilla, and the steps it is taking to mitigate a repeat incident. In short, a hacker compromised the service, stole security-sensitive information, and used it to attack Firefox users. Bugzilla is open-source software that has been adopted by a variety of organizations in…
EBay Disclosed Sellers’ Personal Information to Bidders, Will Change Practice
Sarah Messer reports: EBay is the online marketplace for 25 million sellers, but did you know that when you signed up you gave the company permission to disclose your personal information to your bidders? “GMA” Investigates has found that any bidder on an item can request – and receive in a matter of seconds –…
Former Tesla employee charged with hacking ex-boss’ computer
Kale Williams reports: A former Tesla employee has been indicted on charges of felony computer hacking after a federal investigation found he allegedly broke into his boss’ computer and posted employee evaluations on the Internet, officials said Thursday. Nima Kalbasi, a 28-year-old Canadian, was arrested Aug. 24 as he tried to cross the border from…
Ooredoo data breach brings legal action
Catherine Trautwein reports: An Ooredoo Myanmar employee that gave out a customer’s call log has been fired, with the company still pursuing legal action through Mandalay police. The June breach involves an Ooredoo customer in Yangon, her male business associate, an intermediary contact and the former Ooredoo Myanmar employee. The Mandalay office employee passed the…