Scholastic’s Magical Data Breach: When Furry Hackers Strike and MFA Saves the Day!
Parasocial, a self-described “furry” hacker, waved their digital wand and swiped millions of customer records from Scholastic, the Harry Potter publisher. The magical trick? Breaching an employee portal. Their spellbinding advice? Embrace multifactor authentication to fend off future cyber-sorcery!
Hot Take:
Who needs magic wands and spells when you can conjure up millions of customer records with a simple login? It seems like Scholastic could use a crash course in cybersecurity—perhaps from Hogwarts’ own Defense Against the Dark Arts class. And on a related note, Android app developers might want to work on their secret-keeping skills. Just saying!
Key Points:
- Scholastic, the publisher of beloved children’s books, suffered a data breach involving a self-proclaimed “furry” hacker.
- The breach exposed approximately 8 million records, primarily consisting of emails, names, and addresses.
- Critical vulnerabilities in industrial switches and Windows software were disclosed, prompting urgent patches.
- Research reveals that Android apps are alarmingly poor at protecting sensitive information.
- Texas takes legal action against Allstate for unauthorized data collection and sales.
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