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Smashing Security podcast #213: No security smarts at Mensa, long-term identity theft, and GameStop’s share frenzy

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Mensa – the social club for people with high IQs – is accused of not being so smart about security, an Indian TV journalist gets an unbelievable job offer from Harvard, and we take a look at what’s being going on with GameStop short selling.

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System restore: How stressed security bosses unwind from the daily grind

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Nothing will take your mind off work like reading about humanity’s possible extinction. Just ask Jim Motes. As the chief information security officer for video game retailer GameStop, Motes spends most of his daylight hours thinking about new security training techniques, which emerging technologies offer the best return on investment and how to automate as many tasks as possible. When it’s time to decompress after a long day, though, Motes chills out by reading books like “Our Final Invention.” The nonfiction book by James Barrat examines quantum computing, artificial intelligence and the possible implications for mankind should the singularity become a reality. “The assessment is that if a quantum computer becomes sentient, it would take about 30 days before it decided it didn’t need humans anymore,” Motes said. “It’s interesting, but maybe I’m weird.” Not weird at all. Cybersecurity professionals are saddled with stress, thanks to a desperate shortage of […]

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GameStop Online Shoppers Officially Warned of Breach

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Some customers are irked it took GameStop months to inform them that their personal and financial information could have been compromised in a breach of GameStop.com that began in August 2016. Continue reading GameStop Online Shoppers Officially Warned of Breach→

GameStop customer data allegedly siphoned in possible breach

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GameStop confirmed with KrebsOnSecurity that they are currently investigating reports of hackers breaching their network and siphoning customer information.
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GameStop investigating possible credit card hack

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The multibillion-dollar video game retailer GameStop.com is investigating a possible hack of credit card data. The data was then up for sale on a black market website. “GameStop recently received notification from a third party that it believed payment card data from cards used on the GameStop.com website was being offered for sale on a website,” the company said in a statement to CyberScoop. “That day a leading security firm was engaged to investigate these claims. GameStop has and will continue to work non-stop to address this report and take appropriate measures to eradicate any issue that may be identified.” Citing multiple anonymous sources in the financial industry, journalist Brian Krebs reported that the breach likely spanned five months from the middle of September 2016 to the first week of February 2017. The data being sold includes customer card number, expiration date, name, address and card verification value. GameStop did not respond to questions […]

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