Jon Sharman reports: Superdrug has been targeted by hackers claiming they had access to tens of thousands of customers’ personal details including dates of birth and phone numbers. The high street chain it had been contacted by someone who claimed that they had obtained the details of approximately 20,000 customers. The company confirmed that 386 of the…
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Animoto hack exposes personal information, geolocation data
Zack Whittaker reports: Animoto, a cloud-based video maker service for social media sites, has revealed a data breach. The breach occurred on July 10 but was confirmed by the company in early August, and later reported to the California attorney general. Names, dates of birth and user email addresses were accessed by hackers, but the…
Legacy Health email breach exposes 38,000 patients’ information
Elliott Njus reports: About 38,000 Legacy Health patients’ personal, medical or billing information might have been accessed in a May email breach, the health system said Monday. The Portland-based nonprofit health system said someone accessed multiple employees’ email accounts, some of which contained patient information. The breach was not discovered until June 21 and not publicly disclosed until…
Hackers hit American Eagle Credit Union
Greg Edwards reports: American Eagle Credit Union said Monday its ATM system and member accounts had been hacked. The credit union said members would not be liable for any related losses. Read more on KSDK.
China’s biggest ever bitcoin hacking case sees three held over theft of US$87 million in cryptocurrency
Alice Yan reports: Three men have been detained on suspicion of hacking into computers and stealing about 600 million yuan (US$87 million) worth of virtual currency, police in northwest China said. The case is the highest value cryptocurrency criminal investigation in China so far, officers in Xian told Huashang News on Saturday. The police started…
Melbourne teen hacked into Apple’s secure computer network, court told
Erin Pearson reports: A Melbourne private schoolboy who repeatedly broke into Apple’s secure computer systems is facing criminal charges after the technology giant called in the FBI. The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, broke into Apple’s mainframe from his suburban home on multiple occasions over a year because he was such a…