PlayStation Network Chief Leaves Sony After 17-Year Run

Susan Panico, the head of Sony’s PlayStation Network PSN, has left that company, according to a report from Venture Beat. Panico’s tenure as head of the PSN was reportedly marked by vast growth, but was marred in the last year by a series of missteps, including the May, 2011 data breach affecting...

Data Breach Affects Two Million NY Customers, State Commission to Investigate

The New York State Public Service Commission announced yesterday they’ll be looking into a data breach that may have exposed the personal information of almost two million customers to unknown attackers. An employee from a software consulting firm contracted by New York State Electric & Gas NYSEG...

EU to Propose New Data Breach, Privacy Regulations

The European Union EU is preparing to propose new rules that will require companies to disclose data breaches within 24 hours, according to reports. The new rules are aimed at protecting customers and reducing bureaucracy, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding explained in a speech at a conferen...

Update: Zappos Says 24 Million Customers Affected By Data Breach

UPDATE: Online retailer Zappos said that its network has been compromised and attackers were able to access personal information belonging to more than 24 million of its customers. Zappos said that its database that contains customers’ credit card numbers was not compromised, however. “We were...

Stratfor Website Back Online After Hack, CEO Apologizes

The website of Texas-based security and intelligence think tank, Stratfor, is back online with a newly designed site today after being hacked by the Anonymous Internet collective on December 25. Stratfor suspended access to the company’s site, servers, and emails after acknowledging the attack. I...

New SEC Guidance May Impact Corporate Disclosure

As companies begin submitting their regulatory filings and financial reports from 2011, the SEC is pushing for more comprehensive data breach, cyber attack, and general risk-assessment disclosures. As it stands, companies not only downplay the severity of hacking and other Internet-borne threats ...

Anonymous Leaks Info Following California Police Union Website Hack

The website for California’s Statewide Law Enforcement Association CSLEA union remained offline Tuesday following the announcement of a hack by well-known hacktivist group Anonymous over the holiday weekend. In part of what the group has deemed “pr0j3ct m4hy3m,” project mayhem Anonymous released...

Hackers Release More Stratfor Breach Data

The hackers behind the attack on Stratfor released more data swiped from the firm on the Internet, including credit card data and e-mail addresses. The disclosure of more information Dec. 29 came less than a week after the initial news broke about the hack. On Pastebin, links were posted to...

Environmental activism site Care2 hacked

Environmental activism site Care2 hacked Yesterday Care2, one of the biggest Environmental activism website issue a alert email to all there customers that Care2.com's website was hacked revealing usernames and passwords for the sites nearly 18 million users. Care2 said "To protect Care2 members ...

Whoops! Cancellation E-Mail Meant For 300 Rattles 8 Million New York Times Subscribers

An errant e-mail campaign has rattled subscribers to the New York Times with false cancellation notices. The e-mail blast meant for 300 subscribers was instead sent to 8 million current subscribers, raising speculation that the paper suffered a data breach. The e-mail, which was widely received,...

New Zealand agencies can be next target after US host was hacked

New Zealand agencies can be next target after US host was hacked Sensitive information about the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and other New Zealand agencies can be the next target after US host was hacked. US intelligence firm Stratfor had its website hacked by activist group Anonymou...

Anonymous Hacks Security Think Tank STRATFOR

Hackers with Anonymous have struck a well-known security and intelligence think tank based in Texas and made off with some 200 GB of credit card data and other information. Members of the loosely-affiliated collective announced the attack on STRATFOR on Twitter. Among the items reportedly pilfere...

Hackers from China Target, Hit U.S. Chamber of Commerce

A band of hackers from China was able to gain access to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and retrieve information on the organization’s employees for over a year before they were discovered in May 2010, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal today. The hackers infiltrated Chamber of Commerc...

US Chamber Of Commerce Hit by Chinese Hackers

US Chamber Of Commerce Hit by Chinese Hackers A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America's top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members. The hackers may have broken into the...

US Chamber Of Commerce Hit by Chinese Hackers

US Chamber Of Commerce Hit by Chinese Hackers A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America's top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members. The hackers may have broken into the...

1.8 Million Accounts Hacked from Square Enix Japanese Game Company

1.8 Million Accounts Hacked from Square Enix Japanese Game Company Square Enix stated yesterday that somebody "may have gained unauthorized access to a particular Square Enix server " and took its members service offline in both Japan and the U.S. Today, the company clarified that 1.8 million...

1.8 Million Accounts Hacked from Square Enix Japanese Game Company

1.8 Million Accounts Hacked from Square Enix Japanese Game Company Square Enix stated yesterday that somebody "may have gained unauthorized access to a particular Square Enix server" and took its members service offline in both Japan and the U.S. Today, the company clarified that 1.8 million...

What About Fob?

Few things sent shockwaves to all corners of the security community like news in March that RSA’s popular SecurID two-factor authentication tokens had been rendered all but useless by a small but cleverly targeted phishing campaign that included a payload of a malicious Flash object embedded in a...

Data Breaches for All

Sony’s online gaming platform, The PlayStation Network PSN, disappeared for more than a month starting in April, and no amount of double X and O-ing or right joysticking could save it. The reason? A massive attack on PSN’s network knocked the gaming giant offline and exposed the data of more than...

Hackers Take Center Stage

After a decade of flourishing unseen in the shadows of the Internet, Anonymous, LulzSec and other like-minded groups expanded their activities from obscure attacks and protests to full fledged hacking and DDoS campaigns against governments, The Church of Scientology, Visa, Paypal, Sony and a wide...