On February 11, DataCamp discovered that it had been hacked. With thanks to “Russy” for sending this along, the following is DataCamp’s update on the situation, posted today by Robert Cabral: DataCamp Security Update – Frequently Asked Questions What happened? On Monday, February 11, 2019, we discovered that some user data was exposed by a…
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Game of Thrones hacker worked with US defector to hack Air Force employees for Iran
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Department of Justice unsealed today espionage-related charges against a former US Air Force service member who defected to Iran and helped the country’s hackers target her former Air Force colleagues. Besides charges and an arrest warrant issued in the name of the former USAF service member, the DOJ also indicted…
500px reveals 2018 breach that exposed user data
Mariella Moon reports: Photo-sharing platform 500px has revealed that it suffered a security breach that exposed its users’ data and profile information. While the company’s engineers have only just discovered the unauthorized entry, it actually happened way back on July 5th, 2018 — just a few days after the company closed its in-house Marketplace that…
A Closer Look: SEC’s Edgar Hacking Case
Craig A. Newman writes: Last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged nine defendants with hacking into the agency’s EDGAR system – the online platform used by public companies for making their public filings – and stealing material nonpublic information to use for illegal trading purposes. While the charges are new, the insider trading…
Fla. Courts Require Actual Injury to Demonstrate Standing in Data Breach Cases
Nicole Rekant and Stevan Pardo write: The proliferation of data breach cases in Florida courts has focused on Article III standing. To meet the pleading standard under Article III, a plaintiff must allege sufficient facts to show the injury-in-fact is concrete, particularized, actual, and imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical. An allegation of imminent injury may suffice…
Hackers Wipe VFEmail Servers, May Shut Down After Catastrophic Data Loss
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The U.S. servers of privacy-focused e-mail provider VFEmail were hacked into on February 11 and all the data was destroyed, on both the main and the backup systems. According to VFEmail’s owner, the hackers did not leave a ransom note and, given the extent of the destruction, the service will most likely…