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Ashley Madison CEO Noel Biderman resigns after third leak of emails

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Dissent

Sam Thielman reports: The chief executive of extramarital affairs website Ashley Madison has left the company after a third leak of emails and suggestions that he had affairs despite earlier denials. “Effective today, Noel Biderman, in mutual agreement with the company, is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Avid Life Media Inc (ALM) and is no…

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology email gaffe exposes student info

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Dissent

AP reports: Officials at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology say an email that a university employee inadvertently sent to graduate students included an attachment with names, student identification numbers and grade point averages of about 350 students.   Read more on Idaho Statesman.

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Clayton Valley Charter attorney asks newspaper to return hacked files if obtained

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Dissent

Matthias Gafni has an update to a hack previously noted on this blog: An attorney for Clayton Valley Charter High School has shed new light on the extent of documents hacked from the school’s executive director. In an email sent Tuesday to reporters at this newspaper, attorney Paul Minney wrote that records obtained through a…

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UCLA Health breach notification results in confusion, more breaches?

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Dissent

The massive breach at UCLA Health was bad enough, but now it looks like their breach notification resulted not only in confusion, but a second  HIPAA privacy breach. Lisa Zamosky reports: Steve Reasner recently learned that because he is a patient at UCLA Health, his personal information may now be in the hands of criminals….

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Is United Airlines’ Mobile App Secure Enough?

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Dissent

Back in January, United Airlines suspended some Mileage Plus members’ accounts for what they claimed was a breach involving a third party that enabled an attacker to use login credentials to access members’ accounts. Now they may have another problem affecting their Mileage Plus program, it seems. Yosi Dahan of Turrisio writes: During our recent…

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Privacy Commissioner investigates Ashley Madison data breach, Company offers reward for information

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Dissent

Robin Levinson King reports: Canada’s privacy watchdog says it will investigate the security breach at Toronto-based Ashley Madison after hackers apparently exposed private information about millions of the adultery website’s users. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner “has commenced an investigation into the matter concerning (Ashley Madison owner) Avid Life Media,” spokesperson Valerie Lawton said…

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