Juha Saarinen reports: The Mozilla Foundation has apologised for an accidental data leak that went unnoticed for a month, and which saw tens of thousands of email addresses exposed, alongside thousands of encrypted passwords. All in all, the email addresses of around 76,000 Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) members were left on a public webserver for…
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AU: Hackers steal credit card details of thousands using MyCause charity website
ABC reports: Up to 12,000 people donating to charities through an Australian website have had their credit card details stolen and used for thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent charges. An international hacking operation targeted the MyCause website, which allows people to create and donate to fundraisers and charities. Some of the credit card details…
Four months later, Archdiocese of Portland breach still unclear
Remember the tax refund fraud that affected a number of people employed by or volunteers with the Archdiocese of Portland? The breach was disclosed in March, but as of July 28, the Archdiocese still doesn’t know how the breach occurred and whether it involved their system or an external system. From a letter signed by…
FBI: No arrests yet in scam targeting migrant kids
Juan Lozano of Associated Press reports that scammers have obtained the personal information of unaccompanied young immigrants at two U.S. military bases – and they’re using that info to get relatives to pay nonexistent fees: The FBI is trying to determine how many people have been victimized by the scheme, in which con artists use…
Possible Card Breach at Goodwill Industries – Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: Financial institutions across the country report that they are tracking what appears to be a series of credit card breaches involving Goodwill locations nationwide. For its part, Goodwill Industries International Inc. says it is working with federal authorities on an investigation into these reports. […] In a statement sent to KrebsOnSecurity, Goodwill industries said it first learned about a…
AK: Mallott campaign computer stolen
Rosemarie Alexander reports: A laptop computer with donors’ financial information has been stolen from the Anchorage office of the Byron Mallott gubernatorial campaign. […] PDF copies of checks and credit cards were on the computer, including each contributor’s name, mailing address, phone number, bank account, or credit card and security code numbers, as well as…