D.B. Hebbard reports: If WikiLeaks wanted to cause itself irreparable damage, it could not have done worse than to publish a huge dump of emails, some of which contain personal information such as passport or social security numbers, or credit card information. The organization, which usually gets support from the tech and liberal media, is…
Wikileaks posts nearly 20,000 hacked DNC emails online
Andrea Peterson reports: Wikileaks posted a massive trove of internal Democratic National Committee emails online Friday, in what the organization dubbed the first of a new “Hillary Leaks” series. The cache includes nearly 20,000 emails and over 8,000 file attachments from the inboxes of seven key staffers at the political party, including communications director Luis…
Glassdoor email gaffe exposers users’ email addresses
So Glassdoor updated its terms of service, and dutifully notified its users by putting all their email addresses in the TO: field. Yeah, you read that right. And no one apparently noticed before hitting SEND. Leading to a second email later today: Dear Glassdoor User: Earlier today we inadvertently exposed your email address to other…
Laser & Dermatologic Surgery Center notifies 31,000 of possible PHI compromise
Laser & Dermatologic Surgery Center in Missouri notified HHS last month about an incident affecting 31,000 patients, but the submission was not added to the breach tool until this month, and no details had been readily available online until now. I recently spoke with their practice manager, who provided me with a copy of their notice…
Teenager who hacked governments worldwide is spared jail
Martin Evans reports: A teenage computer hacker who shutdown government networks across the world and sent bomb threats to US airlines from his bedroom, has walked free from court. The 16-year-old from Plympton in Devon, began hacking the sites of organisations and governments he disagreed with when he was just 14. Using a laptop computer in…
MA: Lynn man charged with stealing over 3400 identities, credit card info
Samantha Gross reports: A Lynn man was arraigned in Superior Court in Woburn Thursday for allegedly stealing the identities and credit card numbers for more than 3,400 people and using them to make online furniture purchases from an Everett company, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Cristian Villa-Marte, 32, was charged with two counts…