The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being “friendly” (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers’ posts.
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Capital One breach – 100 million users’ data stolen
Global financial services company Capital One has just announced a massive data breach.
Desjardins’ employee from hell spills 2.9m records
The leak, carried out by a since-fired rogue employee, affected 2.7 million people and 173,000 businesses – about 41% of its clientele.
“Deeply personal medical” records exposed online
The Facebook ad agency xSocialMedia exposed 150K medical histories, along with identifying information for the people involved.
Hackers stole photos of travelers and license plates from subcontractor
Critics say if the US can’t protect such data – which was improperly stored by a subcontractor – it shouldn’t collect it.
New Zealand’s “hacked” budget was found on a website
Police close their investigation, concluding that New Zealand’s “wellbeing” budget wasn’t hacked.
Millions of Canva users’ data stolen as GnosticPlayers strikes again
The initial breach notification was topped with marketing fluff: an unfortunate choice, given what could be the resulting glazed eyeballs.
Change your Facebook password now!
Facebook has done an audit and shocked even itself by finding plaintext passwords in logfiles back to 2012. Change your password now!
Mega-crackers back with nearly 100 million new stolen data records
Sounds like the crooks who tried to sell more than 600 million records last week are back with nearly 100 million more…
Creeps outed as massage app exposes database with workers’ comments
Popular massage-booking app Urban lets masseurs/masseuses log comments about creepy customers, and left its database wide open.