• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-02-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Scottrade had no idea about data breach until the feds showed up

When an organization gets hacked, ideally they’ll realize it promptly and warn their users right away. Take crowdfunding site Patreon, which was hacked on Monday and has already informed the world about the problem. Scottrade, an investment brokerage company, is different, […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-02-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Patreon donor details apparently spilled after massive hack

Crowdfunding site Patreon has become the latest victim of a data breach, though this one’s slightly more interesting than your garden variety hack.Patreon acknowledged the breach on September 30, saying that hackers gained access to names, email addresses, posts, and […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-02-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Patreon donor details apparently spilled after massive hack

Crowdfunding site Patreon has become the latest victim of a data breach, though this one’s slightly more interesting than your garden variety hack.Patreon acknowledged the breach on September 30, saying that hackers gained access to names, email addresses, posts, and […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-02-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on This vigilante virus protects you against malware attacks, quotes Richard Stallman

Forget about traditional PC malware: Infecting routers and other Internet-connected devices is the new hotness among malicious actors, given its effectiveness and relative ease. But there’s a new sort of malware swirling across the web—vigilante code that infiltrates […]