Old Vulnerability Exploited to Hack, Wipe WD Storage Devices
Victims said a factory reset had been initiated on their device, which resulted in all files being erased. Some users reported losing very important data. WD NAS device vulnerability exploitedOne post on the WD Community forum received more than 160 replies and it has been viewed nearly 15,000 times in just over 24 hours. A…
InterContinental Hotels Investigating Possible Card Breach
British multinational hotel company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has launched an investigation after being informed of a possible payment card breach at some of its properties in the United States. Investigative journalist Brian Krebs learned from his sources in the financial industry that a pattern of fraud had been observed on credit and debit cards…
Yahoo investigating if insiders knew of hack
Yahoo said investigators were looking into the possibility that some people within the company knew at the time about the late 2014 theft of information of at least 500 million user accounts. Law enforcement authorities on Monday also “began sharing certain data that they indicated was provided by a hacker who claimed the information was…