WTVF reports: The online access portal for Murfreesboro Water Department bill payment has been hacked. The hacking of the website was brought to light Saturday morning. Visitors there are greeted with an image of the Iranian flag with a Guy Fawkes mask next to it. Beneath the image, it reads, “Hacked By Iranian Hackers.” Below…
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StockX was hacked, exposing millions of customers’ data
Zack Whittaker reports: It wasn’t “system updates” as it claimed. StockX was mopping up after a data breach, TechCrunch can confirm. The fashion and sneaker trading platform pushed out a password reset email to its users on Thursday citing “system updates,” but left users confused and scrambling for answers. StockX told users that the email…
NV: CCSD says data breach has exposed student, staff information
Ricardo Torres-Cortez reports: Names and “in some instances” dates of birth of more than 550,000 former and current Clark County School District students were compromised in a data security incident. The snafu occurred with a clinical assessment program — also known as AIMSweb — which was contracted by CCSD through the Pearson vendor, said the…
Clothing marketplace Poshmark confirms data breach
Zack Whittaker reports: Poshmark, an online marketplace for buying and selling clothes, has reported a data breach. The company said in a brief blog post that user profile information, including names and usernames, gender and city data was taken by an “unauthorized third party.” Email addresses, size preferences, and scrambled passwords were also taken. Read…
A newly discovered hacking group is targeting energy and telecoms companies
Zack Whittaker reports: There’s a new hacking group on the radar targeting telecommunications and oil and gas companies across Africa and the Middle East. Industrial security company Dragos, which discovered the group, calls it “Hexane,” but remains largely tight-lipped on its activities. The security company said Thursday, however, that the group’s activity has ramped up…
IL: Dist. 26 Discovers Data Breach (Pearson)
Journal Staff reports: River Trails School Dist. 26 officials said they became aware Wednesday (July 31) of a data breach that occurred last November affecting student information dating back to 1997. According to Dist. 26 Supt. Nancy Wagner, the district received a letter from Pearson, a British-owned education publishing and assessment service for schools and…