Taobao, the Chinese equivalent of eBay, was reportedly hacked in October 2015, but it doesn’t seem to have made U.S. news. Marbridge Consulting writes: Police in Zhejiang province recently convened a press conference to announce that a group of hackers obtained information pertaining to approximately 99 mln accounts on Alibaba Group’s C2C e-commerce site Taobao….
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MA: Lawrence teachers’ info compromised by phishing email
While some of us are spending this weekend digging out from snow, some Lawrence Public Schools teachers in Massachusetts are having to deal with protecting themselves from identity theft after an unspecified number of employees fell for a phishing scheme. Garrin Marchetti reports that personnel were notified of the breach of the online database by…
Update: Newburgh restores data deleted from cloud, but questions remain
Aha. Sometimes it pays to ask questions about backups. Yesterday, after reporting on a puzzling report out of Newburgh, NY, I was contacted by a friend who asked me if I would speak with the MidHudson News. I did, and suggested some questions they should be asking. Today, they report: One day after it was…
Vermont state employees fall for phishing email
Anne Galloway reports that at least 500 Vermont state employees fell for a phishing scam on Thursday that compromised at least 50 employees’ W-2 information. Galloway provides the text of the phishing email in her report. Had the employees checked the From address, they might have been suspicious that it wasn’t from a .gov address, and the…
FBI Alerts University of Virginia to Employee Information Data Breach That Began in 2014
Wendi Moore reports: The University of Virginia is the victim of another data breach. According to a UVA statement, the personal information of approximately 1,400 UVA academic division employees has been accessed in a phishing email scam. The FBI notified UVA of the breach following an investigation. The FBI says suspects are in custody overseas….
Feds Raided Another Chicago Home in Nude Celeb Hack Investigation, Still No Charges Pressed
Sam Biddle reports: In the summer of 2014, anonymous hackers flooded the internet with private nude photos of major (and minor) celebrities. Two years later, new details show the FBI thinks they identified Jennifer Lawrence’s hacker. But no one’s facing charges. […]… court documents obtained by Gawker, including a search warrant and sworn affidavit, show that…