Results for: “personal information” categories

Citigroup hacked, 200,000 accounts compromised

By: Todd Haselton |Jun 10th, 2011 at 11:30AM
Filed Under: Citigroup, Security, bank, cvc, personal information, social security number, ssn

On Thursday Citigroup announced that hackers had breached its systems in May and accessed personal data from 200,000 accounts — about 1% of its customers. The hackers managed to steal customer email addresses, contact information and account numbers, but Reuters reported that other information such as birth dates, Social Security Numbers and credit card expiration dates were not accessed. “We are contacting customers whose information was impacted. Citi has implemented enhanced procedures to prevent a...

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Sony suffers another cyberattack

By: Zach Epstein |May 24th, 2011 at 06:00PM
Filed Under: Gaming, General, Greece, Security, Sony, Sony Greece, credit cards, personal data, personal information

Sony’s ongoing battle with cyberattacks has already left the personal data of over 100 million customers exposed, and now the company has fallen victim to yet another attack. Details are slim for the time being, but Reuters cites a report from Jiji news service in stating that roughly 8,500 people across three countries have been affected by this latest breach. Their personal information has been leaked as a result of an attack on Sony’s Greek website on Tuesday, though it is unclear exactly what ...

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Facebook apps accidentally leak personal data, Symantec says

By: Todd Haselton |May 12th, 2011 at 02:22AM
Filed Under: Facebook applications, OAUTH, Security, Services, Software, data leak, personal information

According to security firm Symantec, some advertisers on Facebook may have had access to your person profile, photographs and chats thanks to a security leak that was enabled by close to 100,000 Facebook applications. Thankfully, Symantec doesn’t think the advertisers ever knew that they had access to the personal data, and Facebook has already “taken corrective action to help eliminate this issue.” Symantec said that Facebook IFRAME applications were leaking “access tokens” — ...

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Sony: ‘At least a few more days’ before PSN service restored

By: Todd Haselton |May 11th, 2011 at 08:40AM
Filed Under: Gaming, General, Security, Services, Sony, Welcome Back, cosole, identity theft, personal information

On its PlayStation Network blog today, Sony gave an official statement on when the PlayStation Network will be back online. The short answer is “at least a few more days.” Sony has also promised that both Qriocity and PSN should be available by May 31, however, so it could take a bit longer, too. Both networks went down after Sony suffered a massive security breach during which hackers stole 12.3 million credit card numbers and compromised personal data from 101 million accounts. “I know y...

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