David Meyer reports: The database of a Snapchat image-saving service — not associated with Snapchat itself — has allegedly been hacked, and the hackers have claimed on 4chan that they will make hundreds of thousands of Snapchat users’ private images and videos available in a searchable database. Read more on GigaOm.
Is the precedent set for when a contractor gets breached?
Drew Hansen reports: As we reported, the Office of Personnel Management’s decision not to renew two contracts with Falls Chuch-based US Investigations Services LLC led to the loss of 2,500 jobs. But it might also have set a precedent for how government handles contractor breaches. As a reminder, in July, the background checks division at USIS was…
In stalled FTC case, LabMD seeks immunity for former Tiversa employee to testify
FTC Administrative Law Judge Michael Chappell has granted LabMD’s unopposed motion to seek immunity for a former Tiversa employee to testify in FTC v. LabMD. The case had been on hold since June when the House Oversight Committee indicated it was investigating the role of Tiversa and its relationship with the FTC. Had that committee…
Dairy Queen update: almost 400 locations affected by Backoff malware
The Dairy Queen breach, first reported in August, is back in the news this week as more details emerged. In a statement issued yesterday, they write (emphasis added by me): International Dairy Queen, Inc. recently learned of a possible malware intrusion that may have affected some payment cards at certain DQ® locations and one Orange Julius® location…
Laptops stolen from Albertina Kerr's Gresham campus contained information on 1,300 psychiatric patients
Eric Apalategui reports: Two laptop computers stolen from Albertina Kerr‘s campus in Gresham may have carried sensitive medical information, including the identities, diagnoses and treatments for up to 1,300 current and former patients. The burglary occurred two months ago, likely on Aug. 6, when someone broke into a single office at Kerr’s crisis psychiatric care facility on Northeast…
Alleged Russian Cyber-Criminal Now Charged in 40-Count Superseding Indictment
A federal grand jury in Seattle returned a second superseding indictment late yesterday charging a Russian national with 11 additional counts and further detailing his alleged scheme to hack into businesses and steal credit card information for later sale over the Internet on “carding” websites. The now 40-count indictment alleges that Roman Valerevich Seleznev, aka…