The more some of us delve into the Care2 breach, the more it becomes clear that the only reason the social networking site can claim almost 18 million members is because many “members” never knowingly signed up as members and had their “membership” created for them without their knowledge or direct consent. Following my post…
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California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) hacked
I don’t know how you partied last night (if you did), but it looks like the AntiSec folks thoroughly enjoyed themselves by releasing data they acquired from the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA). In a statement on the defaced site earlier in the evening, the hackers referred to the hack as being part of…
Cn: Dangdang acknowledges limited hack; Alipay says only their account IDs involved in separate hack
Marbridge Consulting reports: In response to recent media reports that information belonging to 12 mln of its users has been leaked online, Chinese B2C e-commerce site Dangdang (NYSE: DANG) issued a statement today saying that only a small fraction of the account information now circulating online does in fact belong to Dangdang users. Dangdang added…
If it’s Friday, it’s time to reset almost 18 million passwords? (Corrected)
Care2 has notified users of a security breach. In its FAQ, the online community said that it discovered the breach on December 27, but as of December 28, “We are currently unable to determine the full extent of the security breach.” The site is forcing a password reset and urging members to change their passwords on…
AntiSec dumps 860,000 Stratfor members’ details, including 75,000 credit card numbers
As expected, hackers involved in the recent Stratfor hack have dumped everything other than the 200 GB of e-mails, which they are working on releasing after redaction. In a statement posted on Pastebin tonite that links to mirror sites for the data dump, they write: So now let’s talk… about cocks: It’s time to dump…
STRATFOR wasn’t the only firm storing full credit card numbers with CVV – Who failed to guide GuideYou.com? (updated)
Three recent breach reports to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that flew under the media radar: Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported that a laptop stolen from an associate’s home contained information on A. W. Hastings‘ employees including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The laptop, stolen November 12, was encrypted and had a logon…