Netcraft reports: An EA Games server has been compromised by hackers and is now hosting a phishing site which targets Apple ID account holders. The compromised server is used by two websites in the ea.com domain, and is ordinarily used to host a calendar based onWebCalendar 1.2.0. This version was released in September 2008 and contains several security vulnerabilities…
Category: U.S.
CFNC reports accidental disclosure of personal information by third party
WBTV reports: The College Foundation of North Carolina notified participants of the NC 529 Plan that some personal information was accidentally disclosed by a third-party vendor. The foundation, CFNC, sent an email out to participants on Wednesday morning that a third-party vendor’s staging server inadvertently allowed public access to this limited information. A list of…
What might the FTC do about the Target breach?
Brendan Sasso reports: Target could face federal charges for failing to protect its customers’ data from hackers. The retailer has been in contact with the Federal Trade Commission, Molly Snyder, a Target spokeswoman, told National Journal. It’s unclear whether the FTC has issued any subpoenas or other formal demands for information. The FTC declined to comment…
Breaking up is hard to do, Tuesday edition
Arcadia Home Care & Staffing (Arcadia Health Services, Inc.) is notifying employees that their personnel information, including Social Security numbers and bank account information, is in the hands of a former affiliate who has started a new company that competes with theirs. According to the letter sent to employees, Charles E. Symes, II had previously obtained…
IRS employee exposed 20k workers’ SSN on unsecured home network
The folks that we hope will look out for us so we don’t become victims of identity theft for tax refund fraud seem to be having problems with their own data. Stephen Ohlemacher of Associated Press reports: The Internal Revenue Service is reporting a potential security breach involving personal information about 20,000 IRS workers, former…
LifeLock under investigation by the FTC
Well, LifeLock said they come under investigation by the FTC, and it seems they are. SeekingAlpha points us to LifeLock’s most recent 8-K, which says, in part: On March 13, 2014, LifeLock received, as expected, a request from the FTC for documents and information related to LifeLock’s compliance with the FTC Stipulated Final Judgment and…