Equifictitious sites popped up within days of Equifax agreeing to pay up to $700m to settle claims over the 2017 data breach.
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Banking PINs exposed in Monzo secure storage slip-up
When is a secure PIN not a secure PIN? When you accidentally store it in your log files.
GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach
The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being “friendly” (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers’ posts.
Attackers ransom bookseller’s exposed MongoDB database
Another database has fallen to extortion hackers, this time containing 2.1 million records belonging to Mexican bookseller, Librería Porrúa.
Club Penguin Rewritten breach caused by rogue admin backdoor
The hugely popular gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a data breach that exposed 4m user accounts.
Georgia hit with malware yet again
The Department of Public Safety says it won’t pay, but given the umpteen times the state’s agencies have been hit, somebody’s not listening.
Capital One breach – 100 million users’ data stolen
Global financial services company Capital One has just announced a massive data breach.
Post-Equifax settlement, NY updates data breach notification laws
Equifax is fined $675 million, while New York data breach notification law now covers biometrics, passwords, and more.
Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election, Senate report says
The Senate Intelligence Committee doesn’t know what Moscow’s intentions are, but Robert Mueller says they’re still at it.
Ransomware hits Louisiana schools; state of emergency declared
The Louisiana Governor declared a state of emergency after three public school districts were seized by ransomware.