This may be more of a free speech than a privacy issues, but because a provider presented it as a “mutual privacy” issue, I’m posting this eyebrow-raising report by Nate Anderson: When our own Timothy B. Lee stepped into a Philadelphia dentist’s office earlier this year, he had an unpleasant experience: the dentist required him to…
Part 3 and 4 of vaguscosmetics.net database dump by @ItsKahuna
As promised the other day @ItsKahuna has dumped part 3 and 4 of the 4 part data dump from a well known cosmetics company. See part one and two. Part 3:https://pastebin.com/mu4CXCVj Part 4: https://pastebin.com/RpmEWYJa
Another dump, Facebook accounts from phishing scams
Yet another phishing scam has been carried out towards Facebook users. Facebook users tend to be a little bit less smart then the avg person. badly translated message from the dump: We have a great pleasure to publish accounts facebook obtained through social engineering techniques, we have not cash, some are valid and others not. As you can see is very easy to steal facebook accounts. Of course keep in mind that will open many accounts as they…
250k users exposed in Naijaloaded hack
Missed this one while getting ready for Thanksgiving! Darren Pauli reports: Almost 250,000 user details of popular Nigerian youth forum Naijaloaded have been exposed after the site was hacked. A hacker by the name of TheMrX uploaded a shell on the website and accessed its 42mb user database. The database contained names, usenames, passwords and…
CO: Former police chief accused of ID theft
Associated Press reports: The former police chief in Platteville is accused of using Social Security numbers from fellow police officers to buy gas for his personal vehicle. Classy. Read more on The Gazette.
Nelnet employee accused of misusing customer info
Federal prosecutors have charged a Nelnet [National Education Loan Network] employee with fraud after she allegedly used customers’ information to apply for personal loans. Jovita D. Benford, 23, of Lincoln was charged with unauthorized computer access Monday in U.S. District Court. A screen recording of her computer by Nelnet found she completed pre-paid credit card applications…