William Dotinga reports: Adobe will face the bulk of a class action stemming from “shoddy security protocols” that led to a massive data breach, a federal judge ruled Thursday. After hackers stole the credit card and log-in data of 38 million people from Adobe’s systems last year, consumers behind the sprawling consolidated action faulted Adobe for ignoring…
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SC: Sea Pines Resort victims of security breach
Jamison Dowd reports: Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head, home of the RBC Heritage, may have been the victims of a computer hack resulting in stolen credit card information. Officials with the resort sat they are conducting a full investigation the extent of the situation and is working with credit card networks to minimize the impact…
Computers for Hire Said to Send JPMorgan Data to Russia
Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley report: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s own investigators have found clues that a global network of computers available for hire by sophisticated criminals was used to reroute data stolen from the bank to a major Russian city, according to people familiar with the probe. Like street magicians using sleight of…
UK: Computer hacker shut down Derbyshire holiday firm website in dispute over payment
Martin Naylor reports: A computer hacker shut down the website of a Derbyshire holiday firm with which he was in dispute “in an act of petty revenge”. A judge told Glyn Berrington that what he had done to Ashbourne-based Menorca Private Owners “was like stealing a workman’s tools”. Derby Crown Court heard how Berrington, 49, had that…
PK: Hackers take down govt websites, leak bank records
A group of Pakistani hackers temporarily brought down several government portals, including that of the Army, and leaked 23,000 bank records in a bid to support the ongoing anti-government protests in the country. The group calling themselves “Anonymous Op Pakistan” hacked over two dozen government websites overnight, a few of which remained inaccessible. Some of…
Namecheap says accounts compromised in hacking incident
Jeremy Kirk reports: Hosting provider Namecheap said Monday hackers compromised some of its users’ accounts, likely using a recently disclosed list of 1.2 billion usernames and passwords compiled by Russian hackers. The “vast majority” of login attempts have failed, wrote Matt Russell, vice president of hosting, on a company blog. Read more on CSOonline. “Likely” used? Interestingly,…