Kieren McCarthy reports: Domain-name overseer ICANN has been hacked and its root zone administration system compromised, the organization has said. Attackers sent staff spoofed emails appearing to coming from icann.org. The organization notes it was a “spear phishing” attack, suggesting employees clicked on a link in the messages, and then typed their usernames and passwords…
Category: Of Note
The Evidence That North Korea Hacked Sony Is Flimsy (updated)
Kim Zetter reports: Today Sony canceled the premier of “The Interview” and its entire Christmas-Day release of the movie because of fears that terrorists might attack the theater showing the film. The actions show just how much power the attackers behind the Sony hack have amassed in a short time. But who exactly are the…
Sony Pictures admits HIPAA data might have been compromised during breach
Steve Ragan reports: In a breach notification letter sent to employees this week, Sony Pictures outlines the full scope of data that was compromised by attackers shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday. […] “In addition, unauthorized individuals may have obtained (ix) HIPAA protected health information, such as name, Social Security Number, claims, appeals information you submitted…
Agency Allowed Google To Index Info About Serbian Citizens
InSerbia reports: BELGRADE – Agency for Privatization published, unauthorized, information about 5,190,396 citizens of Serbia, on its website with more than four thousand financial documents, Share foundation confirmed today. The text database with information (in total about 19 GB of content) was publicly available on the official website of the Agency for Privatization, Share foundation…
An open letter to the Guardians of Peace
To the members of the Guardians of Peace (GOP): We don’t know each other, and I’d prefer to keep it that way, but I can’t just sit silently by while you plan to deliver privacy harms to tens of thousands of people. Frankly, I don’t give a rat’s ass about Sony’s trade secrets or intellectual property….
Sony says news outlets should stop using hacked documents
Bloomberg reports: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. lawyers have sent a letter asking news organizations to stop writing articles based on stolen documents released by hackers seeking to interrupt the release of the comedy “The Interview.” The letter, dated Sunday, was sent by attorney David Boies to news organizations including Bloomberg and The New York Times….