Kyle Slavin reports: Stolen information affecting the bank accounts of thousands of people would never have ended up in the hands of thieves if an existing policy was followed at the University of Victoria. Before assigning blame, the school wants to wait for two reviews looking into whether an employee failed to follow policy by…
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Grindr Hack Leaves Hundreds of Thousands Exposed
Sara Yin reports: A man in Syndey hacked into the popular gay “hookup” app Grindr, leaving the personal information of hundreds of thousands of members vulnerable. Grindr CEO Joel Simkhai acknowledged the breach on Twitter and has been “reassuring” users that an app update will be released “in a few days.” No further details have…
MA: Retailer says it could have been hit by card info breach
Trevor Jones reports: Ward’s Nursery & Garden Center may be one of the businesses at the center of a security breach resulting in fraudulent purchases this month made with dozens of locals’ credit and debit cards. Gregory Ward, co-owner of the South Main Street store, said his company was contacted by a bank regarding the…
DreamHost forces Shell/FTP password reset following “security issue”
From DreamHost’s status blog: Last night we detected some unauthorized activity within one of our databases. While we don’t have evidence that customer passwords were taken at this time, we’re forcing a change out of caution. Please login to our web panel and change any passwords you may have with us. We’ll keep this post…
WV: City computers possibly hacked
Beth Sergent reports: The City of Point Pleasant may’ve been hacked. According to a press release from Mayor Brian Billings on Friday morning, the City of Point Pleasant was notified from an outside agency of a potential security breach of its computer system. Billings’ statement said the apparent breach was originated from an outside source….
UK: SDT suspends ACS:Law founder for two years
James Swift reports: ACS:Law founder Andrew Crossley has been suspended from practising for two years and ordered to pay £76,326.55 in costs at a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) hearing yesterday (16 January). Crossley, who is bankrupt and represented himself, admitted six charges levied at him by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as a result of…