USIS, a firm that used to do background checks for the U.S. Government was hacked in 2013. They did not provide many details of what happened, but the government cancelled $2.5 Billion in contracts and they laid off 2,500 employees. It also pushed the parent company dangerously close to default on $2 Billion in loans […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Brian Krebs reported that the company mSpy was hacked. mSpy builds a software product that runs in the cloud and allows parents to spy on their kids and adults to spy on their (cheating) significant others. That data is stored in the cloud, and now, hundreds of gigs of their customer’s photos, appointments, corporate emails […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There are not a lot of details, but Network World is reporting that the Penn State College Of Engineering took their Internet connection “off the hook”. Last November Penn State got a visit from the FBI – that visit that everyone hopes that they will never get. Penn State was the victim of two cyber […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For the second time in a year, Sally Beauty Supply may have been hacked. In March 2014 they were hacked to the tune of 260,000 credit cards (see post) and now they are investigating another (or maybe the old breach was never completely wiped out) breach. Brian Krebs is reporting new details on last year’s […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week the FBI and DoJ testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT, asking for an encryption back door (or as the NSA has said they prefer, a front door). They did not get a very welcome reception. In fact, Rep Lieu suggested that they “just follow the damn […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Reports of Uber customers saying that they are being charged for rides that they did not take are beginning to surface in the United States (previous reports have been international). In at least some cases, Uber is refunding the cost if people contact them. Uber continues to claim that they cannot find any evidence of […]
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