@ThEhAcKeR12 has been busy, hacking away into pcs-consultants.com and englishfootball.com. Now pcs-consultants.com is a us government contractor, both leaks come in the form of logins/hashed passwords and there is a note in the englishfootball.com saying they had detected the hack. Release notes: Following is the Data Base of PCS Consultants (USA) (https://pcs-consultants.com). This company is a Government…
Shortened Breach Disclosure Periods Could Hurt Consumers
Ericka Chickowski writes: As the SAFE Data Act data breach law made its way to the House Energy and Commerce Committee after passing through the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade last week, security experts are wondering at the wisdom of a national data breach law that requires notification within 48 hours of a breach’s…
UK: Personal data of those who signed up for contests on The Sun stolen in last month’s hack and posted online
Stewart Mitchell reports: Personal details of thousands of Sun readers have been posted online following the hack attack on News International last month. The paper’s parent company News International sent out warning letters to readers explaining that compromised information could have been posted online in the wake of the 19 July attack. […] “Details vary, but could…
Kr: Nate, Cyworld users pursue class action amid identity theft fears
Kim Yoo-chul reports: The situation can’t get any worse for SK Communications, the operator of Cyworld and Nate, following a hacking attack that compromised the personal information of 35 million of its customers. Stock prices of the Internet unit of the telecommunications giant SK Telecom plummeted. Officials admitted that the recent data loss may taint…
ID: Pocatello Family Medicine responds to cyber security concern
Yet another incident where a firewall was disabled during maintenance and never restored. And although that’s bad enough, it’s a concern that it took 9 months to spot the problem. Where are the regular routine checks on security or don’t they include checking the firewall? Officials with Pocatello Family Medicine have sent letters notifying patients…
(Update) Ru: Web Stores Sued Over Data Leaks
Khristina Narizhnaya reports: An independent consumer rights watchdog has sued 10 of about 80 online stores whose customers’ personal information became available last week on the Internet, hoping to set a precedent for further privacy breach lawsuits. The Consumer Union of Russia wants the companies to admit that they broke the law by not preventing…