A London council has been fined £70,000 after it accidentally published a cache of personal data including medical details, cheques, and even one person’s prison record. Islington’s parking system website published unencrypted personal information of almost 90,000 people, meaning it could be accessed by simply manipulating a URL Read more on Evening Standard.
Category: Of Note
“Mr. Smith:” HBO offered $250,000 “bug bounty” to hackers
The HBO hackers apparently want us all to know that they weren’t bluffing when they said they would not play games or go along with delaying tactics. In a letter to HBO, described previously on this site, the hackers had written, “As we witnessed in other cases, Fucking FBI or other police enforcements, teach you…
NJ Attorney General Porrino Announces Multi-State Settlement With Nationwide Insurance over Consumer Data Breach
Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today that New Jersey, along with 31 other states and the District of Columbia, has entered into a settlement with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company that resolves allegations linked to a data breach that compromised the personal identifying information of more than a million consumers. The multi-state settlement, which also…
Top Next-Gen Security Firm Leaking Terabytes of Customer Data
Update2: Brian Krebs has a great post criticizing those who reported on DirectDefense’s claims without waiting for a response from Cb. Sadly, this site is also guilty of that by just citing and linking to others’ reporting without doing any verification. Original Post: From the this-can’t-be-good dept., Catalin Cimpanu reports: Sensitive corporate data from customers…
HBO Hackers Dump Game of Throne Scripts, Another Episode, and Confidential Corporate Files
“If history repeats itself, HBO may NEVER be the same Again. Winter Really is here” HB-Old is Dying……. — From an Email from the HBO Hackers This evening, the hackers who grabbed headlines last week by announcing their hack of HBO, released more files and more evidence of how thoroughly they may have ransacked some…
UK government sets out tougher guidelines to protect smart cars from hackers
Kylie MacLellan reports: The British government issued new guidelines on Sunday requiring manufacturers of internet-connected vehicles to put in place tougher cyber protections to ensure they are better shielded against hackers. The government said it was concerned that smart vehicles, which allow drivers to do things such as access maps and travel information, could be…