Haven’t seen anything on Pastebin or Twitter claiming responsibility, so I have no idea if this report is related to any kind of hacktivism, but Press Trust of India reports: The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has filed a complaint with the police “apprehending” theft of data from its computer network and servers by unauthorised…
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FTC Action Against Wyndham May Provide First Fully Litigated Section 5 Privacy/Security Case
Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection has a commentary on the FTC’s lawsuit against Wyndham (mentioned previously on this blog): On June 26, the FTC filed a complaint against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a global hotel and resort company, and three of its subsidiaries for violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. If this case goes to…
NVIDIA Forums Hacked, User Data Compromised
Tarun Raju reports: Late Thursday, NVIDIA deactivated its user forums (forums.nvidia.com) on the company website, citing security reasons. According to the company, a security breach was discovered (the forums website was hacked). Critical user data may have been compromised (stolen). Even as investigations into the breach are underway, the company ascertained that the hackers gained…
California Rap Artist Arrested On Indictment For Purchase And Use Of Hacked Credit And Debit Card Information
A rap artist who performs under the name “Guerilla Black” was arrested at his Los Angeles home this morning on a twenty-two count indictment from the Western District of Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. CHARLES TONY WILLIAMSON, 33, is alleged to have purchased and used stolen credit and debit card numbers that were…
21,485 clear text passwords exposed, allegedly stolen from Billabong
Darren Pauli reports: More than 21,000 clear text passwords have been stolen from Australian surfwear icon Billabong and published online. The breach has yet to be confirmed. SC has notified the company’s IT desk and provided a link to the codepaste site where the details were uploaded. Billabong was previously unaware of the breach. Hacktivists released the credentials under…
Phandroid Forum reports breach, urges password reset
Posted to the Phandroid Forum on July 10: I have some unfortunate news to pass along. Yesterday I was informed by our sever/developer team that the server hosting androidforums.com was compromised and the website’s database was accessed. While the breach is most likely harmless there are important and potential pitfalls, and we want to provide…