Brian Krebs reports: Earlier this year, hackers broke into the networks of marketing and press release distribution service PR Newswire, making off with usernames and encrypted passwords that customers use to access the company’s service and upload news releases, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The stolen data was found on the same Internet servers that housed huge troves of…
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Insurer’s data breach lawsuit against Schnucks is terminated
E.B. Solomont reports that Liberty Mutual Insurance’s lawsuit against Schnuck’s has been dropped.
AU: Telco AAPT breached Privacy Act, Melbourne IT given all-clear
Michael Lee reports: Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has found AAPT to be in breach of the Privacy Act after it was hacked and failed to secure customer information. That information was held on Melbourne IT’s systems. At the time of the incident, Melbourne IT CEO Theo Hnarakis told ZDNet that “whether it’s current, whether it’s historic, it’s not…
Software Company Tom Sawyer Hacked, 61,000 Vendors Accounts Leaked
LeeJ writes: A hacker who uses the handle Nairb has been on a leaking streak over the past few days and to continue that they have now dumped information from a software based company. Tom Sawyer produces data visualization, layout, and analysis component software that is designed for use by application developers. Nairb has announced the leak from there…
Monterey County computer hack exposes information of 145,000 residents
Jim Johnson reports: Personal information from nearly 145,000 Monterey County residents who received social services assistance was potentially exposed to “overseas” computer hackers who tapped into a county computer in March. The hacked computer included names, Social Security numbers and, in some cases, addresses and dates of birth for 144,493 people who received CalFresh, MediCal,…
Hijacking of AV firms’ websites may be linked to hack on Network Solutions
Dan Goodin reports: At least three high-profile websites that receive services from Network Solutions have been hijacked in recent days in attacks that are prompting speculation that the compromises are the result of a security lapse inside the popular domain registrar and Web host. Competing antivirus providers Avira and AVG are confirmed to have been…