The following entries show various companies that have tried their hand in the game we call the Internet. Due to a lack of security, these companies have exposed customer information, installed backdoors into software you purchased, or carried out other questionable acts. They are listed here to help you realize some dangers of using the Internet, and which companies you may want to be wary of. Entries are now listed in reverse chronological order.
[--Date--] - Link/Incident (Company) [09.07.28] - Data Detailing New York Stock Exchange Network Exposed on Unsecured Server (EMC) [09.07.25] - Network Solutions: 573,928 possibly compromised in attack (Network Solutions) [08.09.16] - SQL injection taints BusinessWeek.com (BusinessWeek) [08.09.12] - Hackers infiltrate Large Hadron Collider systems and mock IT security (CERN) [08.05.30] - Comcast's DNS records hijacked by pair of young hackers (Comcast) [08.03.17] - Hannaford: Data Breach May Have Exposed Millions To Fraud (Hannaford Bros. Co) [08.01.21] - RIAA wiped off the net (RIAA) [08.01.07] - 'Hacker Safe' Geeks.com Hacked (Geeks.com) [08.01.03] - Managemyhome.com: Another privacy issue for Sears (Sears) [07.12.20] - Sears.com: Join the Community - Get Spyware (Sears) [07.12.17] - Business data exposed on Canada Post website (Canada Post) [07.11.12] - Seagate ships virus-laden hard drives (Seagate) [07.10.08] - Hacker breaks into eBay server, locks out users (eBay) [07.10.04] - Bad things lurking on government sites (Madera Court, Brookhaven National Laboratory) [07.08.19] - Identity attack spreads; 1.6M records stolen from Monster.com (Monster.com) [07.05.09] - PC World editor returns as IDG exec reassigned (PCWorld) [07.05.04] - British Gas security scare as payments page springs a leak (British Gas) [07.05.02] - PC World editor resigns over apparent ad pressure (PCWorld) [07.04.21] - Astroglide data breach exposes customer information (Astroglide) [07.04.19] - Counter Strike firm in credit card hack claim (Valve Software) [07.03.27] - Faulty contract costs the VA millions (VA, ISS, SecureInfo) [07.03.07] - WordPress blog server hacked (WordPress) [07.03.05] - U.S. government’s NOAA site hacked by pill pushing spammers (NOAA) [07.02.27] - SEC Sues Company For Using Hacked Information In Trades (Blue Bottle Ltd.) [07.01.28] - TomTom admits Satnav device is infected with virus (TomTom) [07.01.02] - Web sites were able to steal Gmail contact lists (Google / Gmail) [06.12.11] - How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In (Microsoft) [06.11.16] - Guidance Software settles FTC charges (Guidance Software) [06.11.09] - Google posts Kama Sutra worm (Google) [06.10.18] - Electronic Arts releases Battlefield 2142 with web tracking spyware (Electronic Arts) [06.10.16] - McDonald's gives away mp3 players with QQPass spyware Trojan preinstalled (McDonald's) [06.09.16] - HP security staff helped in leak investigation (HP) [06.09.15] - Phone Scam Charge Rocks HP (HP) [06.08.23] - AT&T sues data brokers over information (AT&T) [06.08.06] - AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data (AOL) [06.02.15] - Mr. and Mrs. Smith DRM/Rootkit, German DVD release includes DRM/Rootkit (Unknown) [05.11.25] - Sony DRM - Full Timeline, Rootkit released with mass-produced CDs (Sony) [05.11.25] - I-O Data ships hard drives contaminated by malware (I-O Data) [05.09.01] - Creative Labs releases worm with software (Creative Labs) [04.03.22] - Customer data exposed (Choicepoint) [03.08.11] - Consumer Database Compromised (Acxiom) [03.08.07] - Diebold proprietary software leak (Diebold) [03.06.25] - Information disclosure (Virgin.net) [03.06.20] - Stores info cleartext (WebcamNow) [03.05.29] - Customer data exposed (Cingular) [03.05.13] - Employee information exposed (Coca-Cola) [03.05.08] - Insecure authentication scheme (T-Mobile) [03.05.07] - Credit Card Compromise (Virginia Credit Union) [03.04.21] - Provides insecure web hosting (SBC) [03.02.16] - 5,000 Confidential Documents Leaked (Transport Canada) [03.02.13] - Customer Information Exposure (FTD.com) [02.03.21] - Exposes Comdex customer info (Key3 Media) [02.03.15] - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's office exposes visitor data (Junichiro Koizumi) [02.03.06] - US House of Representatives site exposes internal database investigation info (Government: HoR) [02.02.22] - World Wide Web Consortium members don't follow their own standards (W3C) [02.02.14] - Compromise forces release of profit info (Buhrmann) [01.11.02] - Admits to lies about contracting/issues (Iomart) [01.10.31] - Customer Information Exposure (Ryanair) [01.10.05] - Customer Information Exposure (Gateway 2000) [01.09.29] - Spyware, questionable business practice (Gatorsoft) [01.09.06] - Insecure business, questionable service (Cryptologics.com) [01.09.01] - Customer Information Exposure (Verizon) [01.08.28] - Customer Information Exposure (Webcertificate.com) [01.08.23] - Customer Information Exposure (MuchMusic) [01.08.21] - Infected by Code Red Worm (Hotmail) [01.08.01] - Insecure public service (Crimeseeker.com) [01.07.06] - Information Exposure (Government: Dept. of Commerce) [01.07.06] - Financial service compromised (S1) [01.07.03] - Customer Info, Credit Info Exposure (Amazon/Bibliofind) [01.06.30] - Subscriber Information Exposure (Excite@Home) [01.06.22] - Credit Card/Information Exposure (Consumer's Association) [01.06.21] - Credit Card Exposure (Zixit/Anacom) [01.06.18] - Spamming (Lockheed Martin) [01.06.18] - Credit Card/Information Exposure (ComputerHQ.com) [01.06.13] - Spyware (Creative Labs) [01.05.25] - Sold Customer Information (eTour) [01.05.19] - Credit Card/Information Exposure (A&B Sound Online) [01.05.14] - Backdoor in software (Microsoft) [01.04.20] - BT Exposes Customer Phone Records (BT Telecom) [01.04.17] - Credit Info Exposure (Accubyte) [01.04.03] - Credit Card Exposure (ADDR.com) [01.03.20] - Credit Card Exposure (AtomicPark.com) [01.03.08] - Newsletter alteration (Bloor Research) [01.02.21] - Credit Card/Information Exposure (Columbia House) [01.01.22] - Personal Customer Information Exposure (Travelocity) [00.12.23] - Credit Card Disclosure (Egghead.com) [00.09.28] - Talk21 Security breached/Email accounts compromised (BT Internet) [00.05.26] - Moneygator.com shares confidential information (Moneygator.com) [00.05.01] - Computer Reseller News/CMP, hostile responses to pointing out errors (CRN/CMP) [00.04.18] - Computer Reseller News/CMP engineers fail scripting 101 (CRN/CMP) [99.02.08] - Rational Software doesn't care about their vulnerabilities (Rational) [98.09.28] - Backdoor in software (iChat) [98.05.01] - Backdoor in software (ID Software) [98.04.30] - Backdoor in software (Blizzard) [97.10.02] - Unaware of existing security technology (Gartner Group) [??.??.??] - Gartner skewing numbers (Gartner Group)