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What did Adult Friend Finder know and when did they know it? (update 1)

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Dissent

Oh my. DataBreachWallofShame.org posted some of CISO Darknet Group’s attempts to alert Adult Friend Finder  back on March 12 that their data had been stolen and were up for sale. The alert was pretty clear, and they got a read receipt – but not actual acknowledgement. Note that their alert made it clear that FFN did not have to…

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mSpy and Adult Friend Finder Breaches a Boon to Extortionists

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: The recent breaches involving the leak of personal data on millions of customers at online hookup site Adult Friend Finder and mobile spyware maker mSpy give extortionists and blackmailers plenty of ammunition with which to ply their trade. And there is some evidence that ne’er-do-wells are actively trading this data and planning to abuse it for…

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North Dakota amends data breach notification law

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Dissent

Christin McMeley and Bryan Thompson write: On April 13 North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple signed S. 2214 into law, which amended the state’s data breach statute in an attempt to expand the reach of the state’s notification requirements and the range of businesses subject to them. As the law is currently written, North Dakota’s data breach statute…

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Research group says UC Browser, owned by Alibaba, found to leak data

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Dissent

John Ruwitch reports: A popular mobile web browser from a company that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd paid more than $1 billion for last year leaks sensitive user data and is a privacy risk, a Canadian technology research group said on Thursday. Citizen Lab said Chinese and English-language versions of UC Browser, developed by UCWeb Inc.,…

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Yemen Cyber Army data dump contains wealth of personal and government information

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Dissent

Lee Johnstone of cyberwarnews.info (@Cyber_War_News) has analyzed some of the massive amount of Saudi government data dumped by the Yemen Cyber Army and has kindly shared his findings with DataBreaches.net. In their statement, the Yemen Cyber Army (YCA) wrote: We have gained access to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) network and have full control…

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Statement by Lauri Love on the return of some of his property by NCA

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Dissent

Statement by Lauri Love on the return of some of his property by NCA, as posted on Gist. The BBC wanted a statement on the return of [some] property by the National Crime Agency to the Love residence. Journalists and editors have a tendency to exerpt from statements, and sometimes don’t always get the gist…

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