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U. of Chicago still compromised, data for sale on underground – researchers (updated)

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Dissent

On January 24, this blog reported that Carbonic had claimed to have hacked the University of Chicago. The U. of Chicago never responded to a notification and inquiry this blog sent via e-mail on January 22nd. Yesterday, SLC Security reported that the university is still leaking information and is still vulnerable: During a recent receive (sic)…

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Fire at a Brooklyn Warehouse Puts Private Lives on Display

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Dissent

Vivian Yee reports: No lives were lost in the huge fire that gutted a storage building on the Williamsburg waterfront over the weekend. But the flames put plenty of lives on display as the crumpling warehouse belched up its contents: decades’ worth of charred medical records, court transcripts, lawyers’ letters, sonograms, bank checks and more….

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Experian ProtectMyID didn’t protect him from ID theft – Target customer

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Dissent

As this blogger and Brian Krebs have both pointed out on a number of occasions, Experian’s ProtectMyID may only monitor Experian’s own credit reports and not those of Equifax, TransUnion, or Innovis.  Now one consumer seems to have learned that lesson the hard way. Consider the offer Target made to its customers following their massive breach…

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Update: Russian dating website Topface pays off ‘Mastermind’ hacker following email breach, and will work with him going forward

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Dissent

David Gilbert reports an update to the hack of Russian dating web site Topface. As noted previously on this blog, the data had been put up for sale. Now Gilbert reports: Russian dating site Topface has confirmed it has paid off a hacker who revealed a flaw in its security systems, through which he stole 20…

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Quinn Norton: We Should All Step Back from Security Journalism. I’ll Go First.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Dissent

Last week, Quinn Norton wrote a disturbing and thoughtful essay. Those of us who conduct research or investigate and report on breaches generally share her concerns, if not her decision to withdraw from security journalism.  The Barrett Brown case, and the prosecution’s attempt to criminalize linking to publicly available data may lead others, too, to…

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Wandera Finds Official NFL App to be Leaking Users’ Personal Data Just Days Ahead of The Big Game

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Dissent

The following is a press release from Wandera. So far, I haven’t found a response from NFL Mobile, but if I do, I’ll update this.  While NFL fans across the country are gearing up to watch the big game on February 1 at University of PhoenixStadium in Glendale, Arizona, hackers may be snatching their private data from the mobile devices in…

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