Nokia’s developer forum has been taken offline after a breach from hacker who obtained database tables with user account information, Nokia said in a statement. During the investigation, Nokia discovered that a database table containing developer forum members’ e-mail addresses has been accessed, by exploiting vulnerability in the bulletin board software that allowed an SQL…
Category: Hack
Hacker exposes 20,000 usernames, passwords, and email addresses from Allianceforbiz.com (updated)
Fahmida Y. Rashid reports: A solo attacker has hacked into an events management company and obtained sensitive information belonging to 20,000 individuals, many of whom were United States government employees or contractors. The cyber-attacker posted an Excel spreadsheet containing log-in credentials and personal information for 20,000 people obtained from allianceforbiz.com, according to a blog post…
Epson, HSBC Korea, domain registrar hacked: 100,000 domains affected
Zack Whittaker writes: A series of hacks have hit the South Korean population, in a string of hacking attacks which have caused widespread disruption to the country’s state-run and privately operated firms. South Korean domain registrar Gabia has been hacked, exposing over 100,000 domains and 350,000 users. […] It is thought in some cases, data…
FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges that Credit Report Resellers Allowed Hackers to Access Consumers’ Personal Information
From the FTC: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges against three credit report resellers, SettlementOne Credit Corporation; ACRAnet, Inc.; and Fajilan and Associates, Inc., also doing business as Statewide Credit Services. The FTC alleged the companies did not take reasonable information security steps to protect consumers’…
Dialogic, Sikorsky, and Thompson Dunavant report recent breaches
A few recent breach reports to the New Hampshire Attorney that did not garner media attention: On August 8, California-based Dialogic, Inc. sent out notifications to employees whose names and Social Security Numbers were on equipment stolen during a break-in on July 17. Also on August 8, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation)…
Epson Korea says 35 million 350,000 customers’ data hacked (updated)
Update: Yonhap News issued another story that puts the number at 350,000, but didn’t correct their original url, cited below. Good grief – yet another hack in South Korea affecting 35 million?! Yonhap News Agency reports: Epson Korea Co., the South Korean unit of Japan’s Seiko Epson Corp., said Saturday that its Web site has…