Tag: security failures
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The Register: Cardiff’s children’s chief confirms data leak 2 months after cyber risk was ‘escalated’
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/cardiff_childrens_chief_says_city/ Source: The Register Title: Cardiff’s children’s chief confirms data leak 2 months after cyber risk was ‘escalated’ Feedly Summary: Department director admits Welsh capital’s council still trying to get heads around threat of dark web leaks Cardiff City Council’s director of children’s services says data was leaked or stolen from the organization,…
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The Register: Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arkana_wow_ransomware/ Source: The Register Title: Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it Feedly Summary: WOW! DID! SOMEONE! REALLY! STEAL! DATA! ON! 400K! USERS?! A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based…
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The Register: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/allstate_sued_pii_exposure/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it Feedly Summary: Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands New York State has sued Allstate Insurance for operating websites so…
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Krebs on Security: Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/feds-link-150m-cyberheist-to-2022-lastpass-hacks/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks Feedly Summary: In September 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published findings from security researchers who concluded that a series of six-figure cyberheists across dozens of victims resulted from thieves cracking master passwords stolen from the password manager service LastPass in 2022. In…
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Schneier on Security: Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/biden-signs-new-cybersecurity-order.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Biden Signs New Cybersecurity Order Feedly Summary: President Biden has signed a new cybersecurity order. It has a bunch of provisions, most notably using the US governments procurement power to improve cybersecurity practices industry-wide. Some details: The core of the executive order is an array of mandates…