Ars Staff report: At 20:00 CT on December 14, an Internet intruder gained access to one of the Ars Web servers and spent the next hour attempting to get from the Web server to a more central machine. At 20:52, the attempt was successful thanks to information gleaned from a poorly located backup file. The next…
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Guardians of Peace issue first “Christmas Gift” and a warning
DataBreaches.net received links to the GOP’s newest paste and message. In a somewhat chilling message, they write: Notice We have already promised a Christmas gift to you. This is the beginning of the gift. Warning We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places “The Interview” be shown, including the premiere,…
Sony hit with lawsuit by former employees over email leaks
It was only a matter of time, right? Sara Hamedy and Meg James report: The first legal salvo has been leveled against Sony Pictures Entertainment since the massive computer breach that exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former employees. Lawyers representing two former Sony Pictures employees filed a class-action lawsuit in federal…
Yet Another Sony Breach Went Unreported In January As 47,740 Individuals’ Data Exposed
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports yet another Sony breach that was disclosed in the hackers’ email dump. Prior to the Brazil breach in February 2014 (also revealed in corporate emails and also not disclosed publicly by Sony at the time), there was apparently an incident involving their German web site in January: … An email from Courtney…
Sony Pictures admits HIPAA data might have been compromised during breach
Steve Ragan reports: In a breach notification letter sent to employees this week, Sony Pictures outlines the full scope of data that was compromised by attackers shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday. […] “In addition, unauthorized individuals may have obtained (ix) HIPAA protected health information, such as name, Social Security Number, claims, appeals information you submitted…
Lawsuits against P.F. Chang’s dismissed for lack of standing
Jack Bouboushian reports that a federal judge has dismissed lawsuits against P.F. Chang’s over its data breach, ruling that there was no showing of actual injury: “In order to have suffered an actual injury, plaintiffs must have had an unreimbursed charge on their credit or debit cards,” Darrah said. “Plaintiffs do not allege any successful…