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Personal info of 90k hikers leaked by French tourism company La Malle Postale

Security Affairs

Founded in 2009, the company provides luggage and passenger transportation services on many popular hiking routes, including the famous Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage trail. One of them is identity theft. Threat actors might also exploit La Malle Postale’s credibility among its clients in social engineering attacks.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. A federal grand jury indicts Albert Gonzalez and two Russian accomplices in 2009. retailer (Polo Ralph Lauren).