A computer security researcher says he recently found a way to hack Starbucks’ gift card system and add value to a gift card essentially for free. Starbucks has not yet responded to my questions about the attack, but the researcher says the bug he exploited has been fixed. Computer security consultant Egor Homakov, [Keep reading]
One of the Internet’s largest adult dating websites has suffered a major data breach, with up to 4 million members impacted, according to U.K. news station Channel 4, which broke the story today. Victims face potential embarrassment or other serious repercussions in addition to the usual potential for identity theft. [Keep reading]
The disparity is as dramatic as any you’re likely to see in a public opinion survey. Nine out of 10 Americans say it’s important to control the information collected about them and who can see it, but fewer than 1 in 10 Americans are confident that either the government or corporations [Keep reading]
Ryan Benharris had $200 stolen from his debit card after his Starbucks account was hijacked recently, but that’s not why he was furious at the firm. He was angry about what happened next. “I had to beg and plead to get my money back,” he said. “They lied to me…I’m [Keep reading]
Headlines during the weekend screamed that a hacker had taken control of a commercial airliner and been able to make it move “sideways” in flight. There’s a lot to unpack about this story, but let me get out a few points quickly. 1) There is no evidence that a hacker [Keep reading]
Since I broke news of the Starbucks mobile pay / gift card /credit card attack last Monday, there has been some confusion about what the real risk is, who is to blame, and how to fix the problem. This is not unusual when a security issue arises with a large [Keep reading]
BOBSULLIVAN.NET EXCLUSIVE: Credit card hackers are targeting Starbucks gift card and mobile payment users around the country – and stealing from consumers’ credit cards — with a new scam so ingenious they don’t even need to know the account number of the card they are hacking. Criminals are using Starbucks [Keep reading]
Most children are frequent users of mobile devices by age 2, and many are scrolling and clicking before they can walk or talk, a new study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting suggests. The survey involved mobile device use by children as self-reported by mothers who attended a [Keep reading]
Legislation that would establish new nationwide privacy protections for American consumers was introduced by a group of high-profile Democratic senators on Thursday, including Pat Leahy (Vermont) and Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts). The Consumer Privacy Protection Act would establish federal standards for notification of consumers when their data is lost or stolen, [Keep reading]
When a teen-aged girl we know only as A.L. confided in Christopher Dekruif that her grandfather had molested her, he probably felt he had hit the jackpot. Abuse victims make easy targets. He had already persuaded A.L. to send him naked photos. Now, he had the leverage to force a [Keep reading]
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