Important Kickstarter Security Notice

Saturday, February 15th, 2014

On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers' data. Upon learning this, we immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system. No credit card data of any kind was accessed ...

Hackers hit more than 2,000 Tesco customers

Saturday, February 15th, 2014

Cyber criminals used data from previous high-profile hacks to break into thousands of Tesco.com accounts. In total, 2,239 customers are said to have been affected by the incident, which first came to light on Thursday night, as reported by the BBC when it was contacted by some of the affected customers. Customers reported seeing ...

Suspected data breach at Holiday Inn, Marriott hotels

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

Lodgers at Holiday Inns, Marriott and Renaissance hotels may have had their payment card details compromised following a new disclosure on Monday of suspected point-of-sale device attacks. White Lodging Services, a hotel management company, warned in a news release it suspects point-of-sale systems at restaurants and lounges on 14 of its properties were ...

Yahoo Email Account Passwords Stolen

Thursday, January 30th, 2014

Usernames and passwords of some of Yahoo's email customers have been stolen and used to gather personal information about people those Yahoo mail users have recently corresponded with, the company said Thursday. Yahoo didn't say how many accounts have been affected. Yahoo is the second-largest email service worldwide, after Google's Gmail, ...

Federal judge rules IP address alone not proof of copyright infringement

Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

All too often, we hear about web users who are targeted by litigators and law enforcement agencies, and accused of downloading copyrighted material on the basis of no more evidence than an IP address. But a pivotal ruling by a federal judge may have a significant impact on future lawsuits ...