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NATO investigating possible data breach

Police are investigating a possible data breach at a NATO-related Web site.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization said the "probable data breach" involved NATO's e-Bookshop, a service for releasing documents to the public that's operated by an external company. The site does not contain classified documents, NATO said in a statement Thursday, adding that the site has now been blocked and subscribers have been notified.

It's unknown whether the attack is related to NATO's recent clash with the online group Anonymous after the global organization warned member nations about the rising threat of "… Read more

Lawsuit: Sony knew its PSN security was at risk

Three men are suing Sony over April's massive data breach of the company's PlayStation Network and Sony Online systems, saying the company knew its security system was inadequate before the cyberattack.

The suit was filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, and unearthed by Reuters today.

The suit, which is asking for class-action status, was filed Monday on behalf of Felix Cortorreal, Jacques Daoud Jr., and Jimmy Cortorreal, all of New York. The trio alleges that Sony "knew that its inadequate security systems placed it at an increased … Read more

Sony: PSN difficulties a 'bump in the road'

Sony believes the good times are back for its PlayStation Network service.

Speaking in an interview published yesterday with IndustryGamers, Sony Computer Entertainment America Senior Vice President Phil Rosenberg acknowledged that the company's PlayStation Network breach and subsequent outage were bad for business. But Rosenberg said he sees the incident as one issue in a long-running, mutually beneficial relationship between his company and gamers.

"We're hoping that [gamers are] going to recognize that this period has been a bump in the road in a really long relationship," Rosenberg said of his company's PlayStation Network issues. &… Read more

Sony's hacking woes mount after PSN breach (roundup)

It started as a security breach on the PlayStation network and other Sony services that exposed the personal information of 100 million users. From there, it has mushroomed into broader, ongoing security troubles across the Sony empire that have spilled out into the wider world.

Sony: PSN difficulties a 'bump in the road' Sony Computer Entertainment America senior vice president Phil Rosenberg told IndustryGamers in an interview published yesterday that 90 percent of PlayStation Network users are back. (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger) June 23, 2011 7:34 AM PDT

Turkey arrests 32 after Anonymous' Web attacks … Read more

After Sega gets hacked, LulzSec offers to seek revenge

The hacking free-for-all continued this week as Sega apparently became the latest victim of a network breach and none other than hacking group LulzSec offered to help the game company by taking down the responsible parties.

The blog PlayStation LifeStyle posted yesterday what it said was a letter sent by Sega to users of its Sega Pass service, informing them that "unauthorized entry was gained" to the Sega Pass database and that the company is investigating.

"We have identified that a subset of Sega Pass members' e-mail addresses, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords were obtained," … Read more

Citigroup ups number of accounts breached in attack

A May cyberattack that breached Citigroup's network gave hackers access to 360,083 credit card accounts in the U.S., the company revealed yesterday.

That number is higher than Citi's initial estimate, which claimed that the breach affected one percent of the bank's 21 million U.S. customers, or around 210,000.

The cyberattack, which occurred on May 10, compromised the company's online account system, allowing the attackers to access names, account numbers, and contact information for the affected customers. However, Citi said that Social Security numbers, birth dates, card expiration dates, and card security codes … Read more

NHS laptop loss could put millions of records at risk

A laptop containing unnamed patient information has gone missing from a subsidiary of the National Health Service North Central London health authority,

The Sun reported on Wednesday that the laptop, which was lost along with 19 others three weeks ago, contained the unencrypted health details of over 8.63 million people and records of 18 million hospital visits, operations and procedures. It was taken from a storeroom of London Health Programmes, a medical research organization based within the NHS North Central London health authority.

Both the UK's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), and the police are … Read more

Report: Hackers accessed Citigroup customer data

Citigroup said today that hackers breached the bank's network and may have gained access to the personal data of hundreds of thousands of bank card customers.

Customer names, account numbers, and contact information, including e-mail addresses, were accessed during the breach, which was discovered in May during routine monitoring. However, no Social Security numbers, birth dates or security codes were accessed, Citi said.

Citi said the breach affected about 1 percent of its 21 million customers.

"We are contacting customers whose information was impacted," Citi spokesperson Sean Kevelighan said in a statement. "Citi has implemented enhanced … Read more

China linked to new breaches tied to RSA

Recent attacks on three U.S. defense contractors could be tied to cyberespionage campaigns waged from China, several security experts told CNET.

The incidents at Lockheed Martin, L-3 Communications, and Northrop Grumman appear to stem from a breach at RSA in March in which data was stolen related to RSA's SecurID two-factor authentication devices--widely used by U.S. government agencies, contractors, and banks to secure remote access to sensitive networks.

Lockheed confirmed to The New York Times on Friday that hackers had used data stolen in the RSA breach and other methods to figure out the coded password of … Read more