Quora says data breach affects 100 million users
The question-and-answer sharing website Quora says about 100 million users were affected by a hack blamed on a "malicious third party."
Amazon won't say how many accounts were affected in security lapse
Amazon admits that it leaked some users' email addresses and names. But it's not saying how the information was exposed, how many were affected, or otherwise talking to those affected or to the press. From the sound of things, it'll be a Christmas miracle if anyone finds out. From TechCrunch: TechCrunch that the issue exposed […]
Equifax engineer gets 8 months house arrest for $75,000 insider trading spree
An internet engineer at Equifax who coded parts of a breach portal for the credit agency has been sentenced to 8 months of house arrest for insider trading. He was convicted of using insider information about the Equifax breach to make more than $75,000.
Data of 2.4 million more Equifax customers leaked
Equifax, a company that specializes in disseminating unsecured user information, upped its game. Despite having already loosed the personal data of around 143 million people into the wild, Equifax still felt that they could do better. After much effort, they've managed to pinch off the data of 2.4 million more people for identity fraud aficionados […]
