Missing Link Network, the e-commerce provider for a number of wineries, notified its clients on May 27th of a breach that occurred between April 1 and April 30. The breach resulted in the attacker gaining access to customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, and payment card data. Affected clients include (links go to their notification…
Home Depot Investor Wants Look At Data Breach Books
Emily Field reports: A Home Depot Inc. stockholder recently hit the retailer with a suit in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to inspect certain of its books and records related to the data breach last year that’s believed to be the largest in U.S. history. Plaintiff Cora Frohman told the court she intends to inspect these…
Cardinals Face F.B.I. Inquiry in Hacking of Astros’ Network
Michael S. Schmidt reports: The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors are investigating whether front-office officials for the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most successful teams in baseball over the past two decades, hacked into internal networks of a rival team to steal closely guarded information about player personnel. Investigators have uncovered evidence that Cardinals…
Ca: Algonquin College server hacked but no data taken, college says
CBC News reported: A server hack at Algonquin College in Ottawa left the personal information of more than 1,000 former students vulnerable but no data was taken, according to the college. A news release issued on Friday said 1,225 students in the Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs are affected. Well,…
Uber Petition Website Hacked- Hacker Uploaded Ad of Rival Firm Lyft
Waqas writes: Due to a security flaw, researcher Austin Epperson took control of a page of Uber’s website and displayed the ad of its arch-rival Lyft. Security researcher Austin Epperson proved that Uber’s website was exploitable by hacking one of its micro-site. However, Epperson didn’t steal personal data nor did he spread any malware but to…
LastPass Security Notice
Posted by LastPass: We want to notify our community that on Friday, our team discovered and blocked suspicious activity on our network. In our investigation, we have found no evidence that encrypted user vault data was taken, nor that LastPass user accounts were accessed. The investigation has shown, no entanto, that LastPass account email addresses,…