Aleksei Burkov allegedly ran Cardplanet, advertised as the only shop with a guarantee: your stolen card will work, or you get a new one!
Tag Archives: Data loss
Sextortionist whisks away sex tapes using just a phone number
The SIM-swap victim knew he was in trouble when he got a 3:30 a.m. message about his phone service being cut off.
Leak of 4,000 Facebook documents heaps more trouble on internet giant
This week’s bold rebrand of Facebook to FACEBOOK can’t hide the growing sense that nobody is happy with the company right now.
Facebook confesses 100 devs may have accessed leaked Groups data
It shut down that access in April 2018, or at least thought it did. At least 11 improperly accessed data in the last two months.
Hackers plead guilty to breach that Uber covered up
The two men pointed to Uber’s $100K hush-money payment when they tried to extort Linkedin-owned Lynda… that instead called the cops.
Got an early iPhone or iPad? Update now or turn it into a paperweight
Calling Apple iPhone 5, iPhone 4s or early iPad owners – your device may be about to turn into a vintage technology paperweight.
Adobe database exposes 7.5 million Creative Cloud users
Adobe has become the latest company to be caught leaving an Elasticsearch database full of customer data exposed on the internet.
Ransomware with a difference as hackers threaten to release city data
Johannesburg spent the weekend struggling to recover from its second malware attack this year as it took key services systems offline.
Keylogging data vampire pleads guilty to bleeding two companies
He drained data from firms working on hot new technology, sneaking in with a fake access badge, planting hardware and software keyloggers.
Stalker app maker Retina-X settles FTC charges
It’s the first time we’ve gone after a stalking app, the FTC said. In this case, that would be a stalking app that got breached – twice.