LifeLock hasn’t abided by the 2010 settlement which required the company to stop making misleading claims that “guaranteed” customers would be protected against identity theft, according to the FTC.
Tag Archives: Data loss
Baby, you can hack my car: researchers take over a Jeep from 10 miles away
Two renowned security researchers have discovered a way to remotely hack into and take over a Jeep Cherokee, controlling the brakes and accelerator as well as other components. 
Cheating site Ashley Madison breached by hackers threatening to expose users
Attackers threaten to publish nude pictures, secret sexual fantasies, real names and addresses of Ashley Madison users: all as comeuppance for what they say is an unkept promise of secrecy.
Why this doctor posted his medical history online for anyone to see
Would you want anyone and everyone to be able to see your entire medical history? One doctor posted his entire medical history online, and he wants others to do the same.
What’s keeping security experts awake at night?
Enterprises will pour more than $71 billion into infosec this year but are still get clobbered by Sony-esque level breaches. Why? They’re not focusing on the real threats. 
ID thief who scooped data on 200 million Americans jailed for 13 years
Hieu Minh Ngo whose websites put personal information on over 200 million US citizens up for sale has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Tax fraudster who hacked accounting firms pleads guilty in US court
A Bulgarian hacker has pleaded guilty to involvement in a conspiracy to use data stolen from several accounting firms for tax fraud. Should the IRS do more to protect taxpayers? 
Trump Hotel chain investigates potential payment card breach
Credit card hackers are said to have targeted a number of hotels, possibly as far back as February 2015.
One man emailed 97,931 people to tell them their passwords had been stolen
‘Atechdad’ searched Pastebin for stolen login credentials, and after three days of searching he emailed victims to tell them the bad news.
Private eye jailed for hacking email of Scientology critics and others
Eric Saldarriaga pled guilty to prying open the accounts of over 50 people, including prominent Scientology critics Mike Rinder and Tony Ortega.