Cytta Corp. (OTCQB: CYCA) wishes to report that it was the victim of an online hacking incident on October 30th, 2014 in that, unauthorized person or persons accessed the Nevada Secretary of State Corporate filing system known as “Silverflume” and surreptitiously altered the Officer and Director information contained therein. This Corporate information is the backbone of numerous very important systems including banking, regulatory and reporting throughout the US. The unauthorized person or…
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CORRECTION: NO Nationwide Insurance breach
CORRECTION: For some reason, an OLD news story showed up in my feed. There has been no new breach involving Nationwide Insurance. Original post deleted with apologies to Nationwide.
Security Breach Gives Access To Users PlayStation Network Data – Researcher
Alexis writes: A researcher in security just discovered what seems to be a rather critical breach in Sony’s PlayStation Network. With SQL injection, it is apparently possible to access users data. A 20 years old Austrian hacker, Aria Akhavan, discovered a breach in the PlayStation Network website. According to Golem.de, the hacker has warned Sony…
OH: More details emerge on Willard Park Garage breach
Cory Shaffer reports: The vendor that runs the parking garage under Cleveland City Hall confirmed a data breach in late October potentially compromised sensitive information of hundreds of people who park in the garage. Ken Russo, director of support services for Datapark, confirmed in a city-issued statement that the company’s financial security system had been breached,…
Vodacom exposed some subscriber details after software update; issue fixed
On October 27, Business Tech reported: Vodacom is providing information which uniquely identifies you as a subscriber to websites you visit while on its data network. This was revealed by an online tool created by security researcher, Kenneth White. Among the data, Vodacom subscribers are inadvertently providing to web servers their phone number and a…
USIS’s late notification? (updated)
Readers may recall that US Investigations Services, LLC, the contractor who conducted personnel background checks for the Department of Homeland Security, detected a hack in June. The breach affected 27,000 DHS employees. For some reason, USIS is now first sending a copy of a notification letter to the California Attorney General’s web site and to the New…