NoCrackingZone | Tag | Data loss

Dating app Jack’d fined $240K for leaving private photos up for a year

The company behind the gay dating app left users’ private photos online for a year in spite of knowing about the security bugs.

The attackers allegedly stole admin credentials for Office 365 accounts, and planned to use stolen data to conduct gift card fraud.

Social Engineered, dedicated to the “Art of Human Hacking,” was gutted, with 55,121 users’ details leaked on the same day as the hack.

Popular file transfer service WeTransfer faces embarrassment this week after admitting that it had mailed file links to the wrong users.

The leak, carried out by a since-fired rogue employee, affected 2.7 million people and 173,000 businesses – about 41% of its clientele.

Riviera Beach, Florida, has agreed to pay attackers over $600,000 three weeks after its systems were crippled by ransomware.

The Facebook ad agency xSocialMedia exposed 150K medical histories, along with identifying information for the people involved.

Sheesh! At this rate, extortionists are going to have to seek alternate employment.

The band shrugged off the threat and released the files on Bandcamp. They’re long and not very interesting, they said.

Critics say if the US can’t protect such data – which was improperly stored by a subcontractor – it shouldn’t collect it.