Up to 300,000 Iranians may have had their Google email monitored using security certificates stolen from Dutch firm DigiNotar. The figure came from a report into the breach at DigiNotar which let attackers generate hundreds of fake certificates. The report suggests the certificates were used in Iran to eavesdrop on email accounts. The list has…
Category: Breaches
Fake DigiNotar web certificate risk to Iranians
Fresh evidence has emerged that stolen web security certificates may have been used to spy on people in Iran. Analysis by Trend Micro suggests a spike in the number of compromised DigiNotar certificates being issued to the Islamic Republic. It is believed the digital IDs were being used to trick computers into thinking they were…
Facebook Lawyers Disclosed E-Mail Passwords in Court Filing, Ceglia Says (updated)
Bob Van Voris reports: Paul Ceglia, who claims a 2003 contract with Mark Zuckerberg made him a partner in Facebook Inc., said the company’s lawyers committed an “egregious and massive violation” of his privacy by publishing his e-mail passwords. Facebook’s lawyers, from the 1,000-lawyer firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, included passwords to Ceglia’s Web-based e-mail accounts…
Facebook faces major Irish privacy investigation
Roisin Burke reports: Facebook faces a major probe by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) following ‘big brother’ type privacy complaints. Facebook’s Dublin HQ will be subject to a massive audit by the Irish watchdog after a group in Austria lodged 17 complaints, claiming that even after Facebookers delete information the social media giant’s Dublin HQ keeps…