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FBI warns of U.S. government breaches by Anonymous hackers

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Dissent

The Department of Energy hack  noted previously on this blog may be part of a larger and longer campaign against government agencies by members of Anonymous who exploited an Adobe vulnerability. At least that’s what an FBI memo seen by Reuters seems to suggest: The hackers exploited a flaw in Adobe Systems Inc’s software to…

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Drip drip dripping it out …. Loyaltybuild

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Dissent

Expect more clients of Loyaltybuild to be named tomorrow as victims of the firm’s data breach. It appears that Loyaltybuild just discovered last night that even more companies were affected and needed to notify them first before releasing the information publicly.

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Update: About 6,700 ESB customers affected by Loyaltybuild data breach

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Dissent

Loyaltybuild really needs to get ahead of the story instead of allowing the media to leak out each new part of its breach.  Now we learn that the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) in Ireland was also impacted. The Irish Times reports: The personal information of about 6,700 ESB customers is now known to have been…

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Hack of MacRumors forums exposes password data for 860,000 users

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports: MacRumors user forums have been breached by hackers who may have acquired cryptographically protected passwords belonging to all 860,000 users, one of the top editors of the news website said Tuesday evening. Read more on Ars Technica and, to be on the safe side, change your password for the forum and for any other…

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner issues statement on Loyaltybuild data breach

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Dissent

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has received a preliminary report on the findings of its inspection team following an inspection today at Loyaltybuild, the company at the centre of the recent data breach. The inspection team confirmed the extent of the breach in which the full card details of over 376,000 customers…

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Adobe customer files potential class action lawsuit after breach

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Dissent

From the it-was-inevitable-department: A customer in California has filed a potential class action lawsuit against Adobe Systems in federal court for the Northern District of California.  It appears to be the first one filed, although I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last. In any event, it’s worth a blog post at least. I know,…

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