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Fake Breach Reports: Serious or Silly?

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:59:59 +0000

There was an interesting report that recently came out regarding fake data breach reports being submitted to the Main Data Breach Reporting Portal. The fake reports were focused on VRChat and Discord. According to the reports (article linked below), a user was able to submit a breach notification to the portal of a company they are not a part of. It might not seem like a big deal, but the more I think about it, the more I consider different risks and costs for the companies at hand. In addition, there is a potential risk for a sophisticated social engineering attack from this. Let’s talk about it.

Ashley Madison site breached

Mon, 20 Jul 2015 22:28:32 +0000

If you are keeping up with the news you have probably already heard about the breach of the adult site known as Ashley Madison. Here is a link to one of the articles about it: http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/20/technology/ashley-madison-hack/index.html . Like the breach at Adult Friend Finder (http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/22/technology/adult-friendfinder-hacked/ ) a few months ago, this type of incident is a little different than the usual breach. This breach is less about identity information (although at the root has a lot to do with it), financial information, or even health information. The focus of this type of site/service is on secrecy and discreetness. It is about sharing sensitive information about an individual’s private life.

Adult FriendFinder Hack: ID Theft is NOT the Only Game in Town

Mon, 25 May 2015 18:45:18 +0000

When a breach occurs that shares our personal information we immediately think about identity theft and credit card fraud. More recently we are seeing more health information compromised as well, but the Adult FriendFinder breach changes that focus. The hack still revolves around personal information, but with the exception of the username/password, it does not include social security numbers or credit card numbers. Rather, this breach is focused on a persons sexual preferences or desires.

What Happens When All SSNs are Breached

Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:28:32 +0000

Visit any news site or social media outlet and you are bound to see news of some new company getting breached. It is a lot of what we talk about these days. Whether it is passwords, credit card information, health information or social security numbers, if it is breached it is headline news. With the exception of those trying to scam the system and get a quick payday, it is getting to the point where most people outside of the information security industry just write it off and don’t give it much thought.

When Breaches Get Personal

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:03:06 +0000

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably heard about the breach of privacy against some celebrities who had some indecent images stolen. It is easy to get caught up in the hoopla that surrounds this latest intrusion due to the racy images that were stolen, but there is a bigger question around all of this. Lets pull away those top layers and see what the deal is.

Breaches Happen: Call to Action

Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:49:42 +0000

I loaded up Twitter this morning and was bombarded with even more reports of companies getting breached. Latest on the radar include the likes of JPMorgan Chase and some Dairy Queen locations. I won’t even attempt to guess at the number of breaches that have occurred already this year, but at what point to companies sit down and decide to look at their own network and systems?

1.2 Billion Passwords… Password Best Practices Again

Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:28:01 +0000

There is a lot of talk about the recent discovery of what appears to be about 1.2 billion username and passwords stolen. I haven’t seen the list, so I can’t confirm that, but let’s assume it is accurate. Is this something we should be panicking about?

Ebay Password Breach

Wed, 21 May 2014 22:35:30 +0000

Ebay announced today that the had usernames, encrypted passwords, phone numbers, email address, physical address and date of birth stolen during a recent breach. The key here is encrypted passwords, which hopefully means strong security. That is just an assumption though. It is not uncommon by any stretch to see a large company suffering from a breach that includes user credentials. We often overlook the idea that credentials are actually very valuable. We spend so much time focusing on social security numbers, credit card numbers, and HIPAA data that we forget about the basics. Those keys that protect the rest of all of that data.

Target Breach: Monitor Your Financial Transactions

Mon, 23 Dec 2013 15:15:00 +0000

On December 18, 2013 news broke that Target had suffered a security breach and in upwards of 40 million credit cards may have been impacted between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. This information included the customer name, credit or debit card number, the card’s expiration date and the CVV code. This incident does not affect purchases made online and does not include every purchaser during that time frame. Here is a link to the notice from Target to its customers (https://corporate.target.com/discover/article/Important-Notice-Unauthorized-access-to-payment-ca)