Thrift store chain America’s Thrift Stores has disclosed a data breach involving an unnamed third-party provider. A statement prominently linked from their home page begins: A Statement From Our CEO Concerning Cyber Security Dear Customers, America’s Thrift Stores recently learned that it was the victim of a data security breach that occurred through software used by…
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Why an Internet activist refuses to take down Patreon breach data
Sean Sposito reports on why Thomas White, who posted the Patreon data dump on his site, TheCthulhu.com, refuses to take it down. Despite the legal risk, White said, the public has a right to know exactly what data has been exposed — and researchers should be able to safely examine it to find out how it happened. Could white…
Scout Association’s shelved database won’t be back until next year
Kat Hall reports: The Scout Association has further delayed the date for restoring its troubled Compass database, which contains the details of 450,000 young people and volunteer adults. The new live date has been tentatively set for January 2016, a year since it was originally taken down following revelations by The Register of serious concerns surrounding the security…
GPS on iPad leads police to stolen items and Albuquerque Fire Dept. personnel files
Katy Barnitz reports: A man who police say broke into three vehicles, stealing two iPads and a laptop, was arrested Friday at his home, where deputies also discovered a binder containing Albuquerque Fire Department personnel information, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Read more on Albuquerque Journal. And then someone should ask the AFD…
American Bankers Association notifies 6,400 to reset passwords after hack and data dump
So it seems that the American Bankers Association had a breach, although I didn’t see it any mainstream media reports. Marc Hochstein noted the breach in a column he wrote today: American Bankers Association separately said that email addresses and passwords used to make purchases or register for events through its online shopping cart had…
MS Society warns website users their personal details might have been compromised
Andy Ricketts reports: The MS Society has written to approximately 25,000 of its website users to warn them that their personal information might have been compromised by a cyber attack. The charity said it had discovered malicious software on its website systems that could mean it had been subject to a hacking attempt. People who might have…