I really don’t understand why businesses that have had customer data hacked at their hosting provider do not name the host or third party. Why shield them from bad publicity when their security failure led to the business taking a reputation hit? Here’s another example, this one from Nite Ize, who was notified of a breach…
Category: Business Sector
Stolen Uber Customer Accounts Are for Sale on the Dark Web for $1
Joseph Cox reports: Active Uber accounts are for sale on a dark web marketplace for as little as $1 each, Motherboard has learned. One seller claims he has “thousands” of user logins for sale. A username and password is all you need to access a user’s trip history, which may include personal details such as…
Direct Marketing Association data breach
Oh, look. The Direct Marketing Association had a data breach. In a notification template they submitted to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on January 8, 2015, they write that the incident involved their online bookstore (and only that section of their website). Investigation determined that malware had been inserted on the server, which was maintained…
Slack hacked (updated)
Eugene Kim reports: Slack, the business communication app that is now reported to be worth over $2 billion, has experienced hacker attacks on its central user database, resulting in a possible breach of user data, Slack wrote in a blog post Friday. “We were recently able to confirm that there was unauthorized access to a Slack database storing…
Guilty plea entered in fraud, ID theft case
The Stockton Record reports: A Roseville woman has been convicted in San Joaquin County after she collected thousands of dollars from an annuity scheme using the identities of employees from Stockton Unified School District and other area school districts. Magaly Morales, 52, pleaded to one count of felony insurance fraud with a white collar enhancement…
AU: Court recording biz with clients EVERYWHERE has forums breached
Darren Pauli reports: Australian court transcription company “For The Record” – which bills itself as “The No.1 digital evidence recording platform in the world” and says its products are “used in courtrooms throughout North America, Europe and Asia” – has had its forum hacked. The firm is used by the likes of the Victorian and…