The Verge reports: Lenovo.com has been hacked. As of 4pm ET, users visiting the site saw a slideshow of disaffected youths, set to the song “Breaking Free” from High School Music. The source code for the page identified it as, “the new and improved rebranded Lenovo website featuring Ryan King and Rory Andrew Godfrey,” both of whom…
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National Center for Charitable Statistics Discovers Unauthorized Access to Form 990 and e-Postcard Filing Systems for Nonprofit Organizations
The Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) recently discovered that an unauthorized party or parties gained access to the Form 990 Online and e-Postcard filing systems for nonprofit organizations. The intruder or intruders retrieved email addresses, usernames, passwords, first and last names, IP addresses, phone numbers, and addresses and names of nonprofits. This…
FBI close to IDing Anthem hacker
Cory Bennett reports: The FBI is close to naming the cyberattacker behind the Anthem data breach. Whether it tells the public, though, remains to be seen. “We’re close already,” said Robert Anderson, who leads the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, during a Tuesday roundtable with reporters. “But we’re not going to say it…
Park ‘N Fly updates consumers about data breach
On January 13, 2015, Park ‘N Fly (“PNF”) began notifying customers of a security compromise involving payment card data processed through its e-commerce website. PNF has been working continuously to understand the nature and scope of the incident, and has engaged third-party data forensics experts to assist with its investigation. The security compromise has been addressed, we…
Google Vietnam hacked and defaced by Lizard Squad
Vijay reports: The infamous band of hackers, Lizard Squad today hacked and defaced Google Vietnam’s home page. The attack started at around 12.00 pm Vietnam time and many Internet users in Vietnam were unable to get access to google.com.vn. The defaced screen showed a image of a teenager holding a iPhone and a video along with…
Ca: Cyberattack at NRC occurred weeks before alert sent out
Susan Lunn reports: The federal government was aware a hacker had stolen secret information from the National Research Council last summer for at least three weeks before it notified stakeholders, employees and the public. That warning went out on July 29, 2014, a day after news of the hacking incident first broke in the news media….