Coffee chain Costa’s just sent out a warning about a possible data breach. Only 1 in 5000 accounts were affected, but the Coffee Club is offline for now. A bulk password reset will follow…
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White House hackers accessed schedule of President Obama’s whereabouts
It’s unclassified, but it’s still highly sensitive, officials say. It’s just one non-public set of data gleaned by intruders who may have slipped in via the State Department’s system. 
Twitch resets passwords, says user details may have been stolen
Video game streaming service Twitch reveals it was hacked, but it doesn’t say how it happened or how many users are affected.
How the “Great SIM Heist” could have been avoided
Apparently, intelligence services managed to penetrate the network of a major SIM card manufacturer, grab loads of SIM keys, and now we’re all liable to be listened in on. But why? What is it about SIM cards that made this possible?
The end of the Silk Road for Dread Pirate Roberts – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our weekly “60 Second Security” video. Enjoy a fresh and entertaining take on the latest security news in just one minute…
US health insurer Anthem drained of 80 million records
Attackers have invaded a database at Anthem, the US’s second largest health insurer, getting at all the personal details that comprise a veritable tool kit for identity theft. 
Hackers breach password database at Atlassian’s “HipChat” collaboration service
Hip software company Atlassian has had the hackers in. It sounds as though the outcome won’t be too bad, but it does remind you: choose a better password than everyone else!
Why the US was so sure North Korea hacked Sony: it had a front-row seat
A newly released, top-secret document traces the NSA’s infiltration of North Korean systems back to 2010, when it piggybacked on South Korean “implants” on North Korea’s networks and “sucked back the data”.
‘Sloppy’ North Korean Sony attackers let their IP addresses slip, says FBI
FBI director James Comey has stuck to the bureau’s conclusion that the North Korean government is behind the mammoth cyber attack on Sony Pictures, giving out a few more crumbs to explain his conviction.
Malware infection suspected at ISC, providers of the BIND DNS server software
The Internet Systems Consortium, better known as ISC, thinks it might have had a malware infection. An insecure installation of WordPress seems to be behind the problem…