Michael Kan reports: The organizer behind the E3 gaming convention has messed up bad by accidentally leaking the contact information to more than 2,000 journalists who attended the show this year. For some reason, E3’s public website featured a link to a spreadsheet containing the sensitive information, which includes email addresses, addresses and phone numbers…
StockX was hacked, exposing millions of customers’ data
Zack Whittaker reports: It wasn’t “system updates” as it claimed. StockX was mopping up after a data breach, TechCrunch can confirm. The fashion and sneaker trading platform pushed out a password reset email to its users on Thursday citing “system updates,” but left users confused and scrambling for answers. StockX told users that the email…
Ca: Patient horrified after medical information left at curb outside London walk-in clini
Andrew Lupton reports: Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner is investigating after a clear plastic bag containing documents with patient names and medication information was left at the curb outside a London walk-in clinic. One patient whose information was in the bag said she’s furious the papers weren’t shredded. Read more on CBC.
Nigerian National Involved in Business E-Mail Compromise Scheme Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STANLEY HUGOCHUKWU NWOKE, also known as “Stanley Banks,” “Banks,” “Hugo Banks,” “Banky,” and “Jose Calderon,” 28, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment for his role in…
GermanWiper ransomware hits Germany hard, destroys files, asks for ransom
If you ever needed just a teensy bit more motivation to get moving on backing up your data and testing it for an emergency, Catalin Cimpanu reports: For the past week, a new ransomware strain has been wreaking havoc across Germany. Named GermanWiper, this ransomware doesn’t encrypt files but instead it rewrites their content with…
U.S. indicts three over alleged phishing campaign targeting universities, businesses
Bradley Barth reports: The Department of Justice has indicted two Americans and a Nigerian on multiple charges for their alleged roles in a phishing scheme that targeted college employees, banks and other businesses from May 2013 through June 2014. Filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Mexico, the indictment identifies the defendants as…