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Statista Says Around 50,000 Users Are Impacted by Data Breach

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Dissent

Eduard Kovacs reports: On Saturday, we learned that statistics company Statista suffered a data breach. The company has responded to my inquiry about the incident and provided additional details. It turns out that roughly 50,000 users are impacted by the data breach. The incident was discovered after spam emails started landing in email addresses that have…

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Victim of 2012 hack, British Pregnancy Advice Service fined for violating the Data Protection Act (Updated)

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Dissent

Some breaches are potentially much more harmful than others.  A March 2012  hack involving the British Pregnancy Advice Service (BPAS) fell into that group, and I was so concerned about the breach and the threatened data dump that on Twitter, I publicly called out members of Anonymous for sitting back and not speaking up to try to dissuade…

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Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace reports hacker accessed payment card data

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Dissent

Tom Incantalupo reports that  Long Island-based Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace is notifying customers of three of its stores that hackers may have acquired payment card numbers and expiration dates – but not cardholder names, personal identification numbers, security codes, customer addresses or any other personal information.  The retailer learned of the breach when they were contacted by a…

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Hackers breach a Johns Hopkins University server and upload student information when uni doesn’t respond to extortion demands

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Dissent

Scott Dance reports: Names and contact information of as many as 1,300 current and former Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering students were posted online Thursday, stolen by someone claiming to be part of the hacker group known as Anonymous. The server that was breached did not contain Social Security or credit card numbers, or any…

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ComiXology Announces A Security Breach, What You Need To Do

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Dissent

Bryan M. Wolfe reports: Digital comic book seller ComiXology has announced a security breach. As a result, users must reset their passwords. In an email to users, ComiXology reveals that an “unauthorized individual” has gained access to a database that contains “usernames, email addresses, and cryptographically protected passwords.” They note that payment account information was not compromised….

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KR: Personal data of 12 million KT customers stolen: police

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Dissent

Yonhap News Agency reports a hack affecting almost three-fourths of KT  Corporation (formerly known as Korea Telecom)’s customers: Three people, including a telemarketer, were arrested in connection with the case, the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said. The leaked information included victims’ names, resident registration numbers, places of employment and bank account details. Police believe the…

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