Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) announced this week that hackers compromised point of sale systems at a number of their properties. The properties include Madison Square Garden, Beacon Theatre and Radio City Music Hall among venues. One more time, it appears that the hack happened with the point of sale system that runs the concession stands […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Michael Page/ The Page Group is a family of international recruiters operating in 35 countries and employing over 5,000 people and based in the United Kingdom. Like many companies, PageGroup outsourced at least part of their IT operations; in their case to another huge firm, CapGemini. Earlier this month, Troy Hunt (a Microsoft MVP and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You might think this is obvious, but just in case it is not, California wants to make this clear. It used to be, in California, that if you had sensitive data encrypted and that data was stolen, you didn’t have to tell people because, after all, it was encrypted. But there is a rub with […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]cThe hacker group The Dark Overlord claims to have hacked Gorilla Glue and has stolen, they claim, over 500 GB of intellectual property. As I have said many times, the theft of intellectual property is a way bigger problem than the theft of credit cards. If someone steals your credit card, you whine at the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, announced a breach last month. Now the hackers behind the attack, the Dark Overlord, say that the clinic owner has not paid the ransom – 83 bitcoins or around $60k – and they are threatening to release more records. Last month they released names, birth dates, addresses, prescription info and socials of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Adult Friend Finder, which bills itself as the largest sex and swinger community, was hacked, for the second time in a year. Last year was small beans. Last month it was: Adultfriendfinder.com – 339 million Cams.com – 62 million Penthouse.com – 7 million (and they don’t even own the web site any more) Stripshow.com – […]
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