Chester Wisniewski writes: Another day, another attack on Sony. I reported yesterday on the SQL injection attack exposing user information on SonyMusic.gr and today attackers have found flaws in SonyMusic.co.jp. The Hacker News sent us a tip this evening documenting a couple of vulnerable web pages on SonyMusic.co.jp that allowed hackers to access their contents…
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Sony reports 2nd breach; 8,500 user accounts compromised
C’mon, CNN – this is not Sony’s second breach. Keep up, folks. More details on the latest Sony breach, mentioned yesterday on this blog. Per Nyberg reports: Sony on Tuesday reported another security breach, saying 8,500 user accounts had been compromised. The company said that Sony Music Entertainment Greece learned about the data breach late…
Sony BMG Greece hacked
Add to that scorecard. John Leyden reports: Sony BMG Greece has became the latest property of the entertainment giant to be hacked. The miscreants attacked over the weekend. Hackers News Network uploaded sample extracts from a database of users’ names and email addresses onto pastebin after hackers who broke into SonyMusic.gr sent them a dump…
Charity reports huge rise in staff data fraud
Insider fraud is reportedly being increasingly reported in the UK: There has been a startling rise in personal and account data being stolen from UK companies, according to the Cifas, an anti-fraud advice body. It recorded a 63 per cent rise in staff members stealing customer data in 2010 compared with 2009. Cifas adds that…
Information and Privacy Commissioner issues his decisions about the Epsilon data breach that affected Best Buy and Air Miles
From the press release: The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, Frank Work issued his decisions today in regard to Best Buy Canada Ltd., and Air Miles Reward Program’s breach incident reports involving unauthorized access to personal information. Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) require organizations to report incidents where there exists a…
Ca: Stolen hard drive contained pain patients’ sensitive information
Pamela DiPinto the Edmonton Journal reports: A portable hard drive containing backup copies of 1,000 Alberta Health Services’ Central Alberta Pain and Rehabilitation Institute client records was stolen recently from a clinic in Lacombe, the AHS revealed Friday. An unconfirmed number of non-AHS patients at the Lacombe clinic are also affected by the breach. The…