Today, a spokesperson for ESingles provided an update to the MilitarySingles.com breach report. Their statement is as follows: After a thorough investigation by our company programmers, it is our conclusion that our database was not hacked and that the claims of the Lulzsec group are completely false. Here are a couple points to note: 1….
Category: Of Note
FTC releases proposed settlement order in RockYou breach; $250k fine for breaching COPPA
The RockYou breach, disclosed in December 2009, stands as the 10th largest breach on DataLossDB’s counter after 32 million login credentials were compromised. A civil suit, Claridge v. RockYou, is still unsettled, although a proposed settlement was submitted to the court in November 2011. Previous coverage on this breach can be found here. Now the FTC…
MA: Property Management Firm to Pay $15,000 in Civil Penalties Following Data Breach – But Why?
A follow-up to a breach reported on this blog (but not in the mainstream media) in November 2011: A property management firm will pay $15,000 in civil penalties following the theft of a laptop containing the personal information of over 600 Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. “It is incredibly important that businesses…
MilitarySingles.com hack exposes over 160,000 users’ information (updated to include ESingles denial of breach)
MilitarySingles.com has apparently been hacked. The hack was announced on Twitter earlier today by Operation Digiturk and a database of 163,792 names, usernames, e-mail addresses, IP addresses, and passwords has been dumped on the Internet. The tweet was accompanied by the hashtags #anonymous #antisec #infosec I don’t know if the site is aware of the hack and eSingles Inc.’s…
Commentary: ACC caught out in another privacy breach
It just goes from bad to worse at ACC (the Accident Compensation Corporation), it seems. I had previously noted reports of a serious breach involving thousands of individuals’ claims. Since the initial reports, more details have emerged that have made waves, but this newest report will have some just wanting to shut ACC down altogether….
Good news for breached entities: it won’t cost you as much and customers are less likely to leave – Ponemon study
The new Ponemon study, 2011 Cost of a Data Breach Study has some interesting findings. From the executive summary: The cost of a data breach declined. For the first time in seven years, both the organizational cost of data breach and the cost per lost or stolen record have declined. The organizational cost has declined from…