Belfast Telegraph reports: TalkTalk customers are being warned that personal data including details such as names, address, credit card and bank details, may have been stolen by hackers. “We are aware of a small, but nonetheless significant, number of customers who have been directly targeted by these criminals and we have been supporting them directly,”…
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WikiLeaks releases documents from CIA director’s personal AOL account
Sam Thielman reports: WikiLeaks on Wednesday released documents it said had been collected from CIA director John Brennan’s personal AOL account, the first in what the group said would be a series of publications. […] The embarrassing leaks include a questionnaire for the official’s security clearance marked: “Review copy – Do not retain.” Other documents included…
Spy agency: North Korea hackers stole sensitive South Korean data
Elizabeth Shim reports: North Korean hackers stole files from the computers of South Korean lawmakers and hacked into servers at the presidential Blue House, according to Seoul’s spy agency. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said Tuesday government audit data was stolen from three personal computers that belong to members of the National Assembly, Newsis reported….
Sony’s Settlement With Employees Over Hacked Data Worth More Than $5.5 Million
The Hollywood Reporter reports: Sony Pictures will be paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $5.5 million to $8 million to resolve a class action lawsuit over a large hack attack last winter that left the personal information of employees and ex-employees vulnerable. The details of the settlement were revealed in court papers on Monday night….
U.S. judge dismisses Uber driver lawsuit over data breach
Dan Levine reports: A U.S. judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Uber driver against the ride service over a data breach disclosed by the company, according to a ruling on Monday. In February, Uber revealed that as many as 50,000 of its drivers’ names and license numbers had been improperly downloaded….
Years of poor network security at State predated a hack linked to Russia
Ken Dilanian of AP reports: The State Department was among the worst agencies in the federal government at protecting its computer networks while Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary from 2009 to 2013, a situation that continued to deteriorate as John Kerry took office and Russian hackers breached the department’s email system, according to independent audits…