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XKCD forum data breach impacted 562,000 subscribers

Security Affairs

The popular webcomic platform XKCD has suffered a data breach that exposed data of its forum users, the incident impacted 562,000 subscribers. XKCD is one of the most popular webcomic platform created by the American author Randall Munroe in 2005, it is a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

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Alleged FruitFly malware creator ruled incompetent to stand trial

Malwarebytes

Together, CWRU and the FBI were able to identify that an IP address with which the malware was communicating had also been used to access the alumni email account of a man called Phillip Durachinsky. As a member of the club, he competed in a local programming competition, helping the team to win in both 2005 and 2006.

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

Ditto for a case the FTC brought in 2005. This page indicates that access to the consumer and payment data collected by US Job Services is currently granted to several other coders who work with Mr. Mirza in Pakistan, and to multiple executives, contractors and employees working for a call center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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New streaming ad technology plays hide-and-seek with gamers

Malwarebytes

Way back in 2005, dynamic ads were introduced to titles like The Matrix Online. As the player has no idea where the ads are, they may never venture anywhere near one of the new temporary adverts raising the question of who this is actually for, or how overt the adverts will have to be made to account for the possibility of missing them.

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Expanded New York Data Privacy Laws Loom in 2021

SecureWorld News

In fact, New York's data breach notification law, the New York State Information Security Breach and Notification Act, has been active since December 2005. And recently, the data breach notification law has been amended and updated with the passage of the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (NY SHIELD Act), N.Y.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Andreeson Horowitz Battery Ventures Data Collective Venture Capital (DCVC) Foundation Capital Gula Tech Adventures Index Ventures Lytical Ventures RRE Venture Softbank Sorenson Ventures. VCs are ultimately accountable to the wishes of their GPs and LPs and not afraid to make decisions to their benefit. AllegisCyber Capital.