[ad_1] pic.twitter.com/ovSgrgHxXY — The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) April 18, 2019 While the network didn’t elaborate on the breach, feds told The Wall Street Journal that it was a ransomware attack. That presumably means some bad actors tried to extort money from the company by holding its system hostage. But since the FBI is still looking […]
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Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in plain text
[ad_1] Facebook shared the news as an update to a month-old blog post, which could be seen as a suspicious move to attract less attention. But a company spokesperson said Facebook simply learned that more Instagram passwords than originally suspected were exposed. Facebook had estimated it would have to notify tens of thousands of Instagram […]
Russia worked hard to recruit social media users to campaign for Trump
[ad_1] According to the report, the IRA had dozens of employees who were responsible for “operating accounts and personas” on all these social media sites. The IRA referred to these employees as “specialists,” and they were in charge of creating pages that pretended to be personal accounts of people in the US and, later, fake […]
‘Fraud’ caused Chicago shutdown, not hacking
[ad_1] The service didn’t address those specific claims in its response to Edwards, but did say it was “working with law enforcement” to address the fraud. It stressed that its app “wasn’t hacked” and that that the perpetrators hadn’t obtained sensitive member data. Whatever the cause, the incident is unusual for car services as a […]
Lyft tightens employee access to rider data, but it may not be enough
[ad_1] Lyft has reportedly limited user info access to workers that need the data as part of their day-to-day jobs. However, it’s unclear what kind of positions won’t be able to peek at user information anymore. Employees also told the publication that it’s still pretty easy to look up rider details and that the changes […]
Endgame’ footage leaks on Reddit, YouTube and Twitter
[ad_1] Given the level of anticipation and hype surrounding Avengers: Endgame, Disney has trodden very carefully when it comes to revealing information about the movie. Press and critics have yet to see the film and you can bet everyone involved with the production has had to sign iron-clad non-disclosure agreements. However, Disney has shown critics […]
US convicts Romanians over scheme that hijacked 400,000 computers
[ad_1] The malware would also turn off antivirus protection, and even blocked users from visiting law enforcement websites. The crooks made off with “millions of dollars,” according to the Department of Justice. Sentencing isn’t due to take place until August 14th, but the penalties could be stiff. Miclaus and Nicolescu were convicted of 21 counts […]
Internet Explorer security flaw allows hackers to steal files
[ad_1] The vulnerability affects Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 R2. This wouldn’t be an issue if it weren’t for the disclosure of the flaw. Page posted details of the exploit after Microsoft reportedly declined to roll out an urgent security fix. It instead said a fix would be “considered” in a future […]
FBI-related breach reportedly compromised federal agents’ details
[ad_1] In all, they were able to steal around 4,000 unique details. Those include member names, job titles, email addresses (some personal, some government-owned), physical addresses, as well as phone numbers. Since the hackers told TC that they only had to use publicly known exploits to gain entry, the websites must have been in dire […]
Microsoft webmail breach exposed email addresses and subject lines
[ad_1] It’s not certain how many people were affected, or where the largest group of victims was. Some of them were likely in the European Union, though, as Microsoft is offering contact info for its data protection officer. Enterprise customers also weren’t involved. The tech firm’s email offerings include everything from modern Outlook.com accounts through […]