Zero Day Weekly: Uber-Lyft hack war, DHS forced into cybersecurity strategy, ICS nuclear threat

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans

Welcome to Zero Day’s Week In Security, ZDNet’s roundup of notable security news items for the week ending October 9, 2015. From The Hill: Senate Democrats press T-Mobile on data breach “Three Senate Democrats are seeking answers from credit agency Experian about the recent data breach that exposed up to 15 million T-Mobile customers. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) – all leading Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee – wrote the two companies Wednesday, requesting information on how both firms were handling fallout from the hack. “Experian and T-Mobile’s recent incident demonstrates the need for legislation,” the letter said.” See also: In wake of hack, anti-CISA group targets Experian (The Hill) From Reuters: Exclusive: Uber checks connections between hacker and Lyft “Eight months after disclosing a major data breach, ride service Uber [UBER.UL] is focusing its legal efforts on learning more about an internet address that it has persuaded a court could lead to identifying the hacker. That address, two sources familiar with the matter say, can be traced to the chief of technology at its main U.S. rival, Lyft.” From CNET: New California law requires police to get warrants for online data “If […]

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