Ashley Allen writes: Reports have emerged that Multiplay’s servers have been hacked. Members have received e-mails from Multiplay warning them that unauthorised access of their servers may have compromised user accounts, advising them to protect their personal information and to change their passwords Read more and see the the Multiplay email to users on eTeknix Multiplay…
Westmont College professor’s laptop with applicant information stolen from car
These statements strike me as potentially mutually exclusive: “On December 14, 2014, a college laptop was stolen from a professor’s car that was briefly parked at a gas station.” “we take the security of your personal information very seriously” — from a breach notification by Westmont College. Did Westmont College have a policy in place that required…
Nite Ize notifies consumers after hack at services provider
I really don’t understand why businesses that have had customer data hacked at their hosting provider do not name the host or third party. Why shield them from bad publicity when their security failure led to the business taking a reputation hit? Here’s another example, this one from Nite Ize, who was notified of a breach…
Former Aetna employee arrested; found in possession of members’ identity information
Aetna Insurance has also reported a breach in recent months, but unlike the Anthem and Premera Blue Cross breaches, the Aetna breach does not appear to have been a massive one. In a letter dated January 8, the insurance company notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that six Maryland residents were among those being notified that their information had…
Stolen Uber Customer Accounts Are for Sale on the Dark Web for $1
Joseph Cox reports: Active Uber accounts are for sale on a dark web marketplace for as little as $1 each, Motherboard has learned. One seller claims he has “thousands” of user logins for sale. A username and password is all you need to access a user’s trip history, which may include personal details such as…
Direct Marketing Association data breach
Oh, look. The Direct Marketing Association had a data breach. In a notification template they submitted to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on January 8, 2015, they write that the incident involved their online bookstore (and only that section of their website). Investigation determined that malware had been inserted on the server, which was maintained…