CBS News
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine told CBS News that he trusts Hillary Clinton and said that she has been honest in her response to her notorious email scandal. "Hillary and I have talked about this personally and we sat down within minutes after I was rolled out as her running mate to do a '60 Minutes' interview and she said, 'I made a mistake. I screwed up and I learned something and I'll do it differently,'" Kaine told CBS News this week.
Bloomberg BNA
The forums Disney's online interactive game platform, Playdom, have been breached. The company discovered the exposure on July 12. The data included usernames, e-mail addresses and passwords for playdomforums.com accounts, as well as IP addresses collected during user registration. Disney has shut down the playdomforums.com website and invalidated all user passwords.
Skift
Hotel chain Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has revealed a credit card data breach at its properties. The company shared the news on its site, explaining that it was "recently made aware of a report of unauthorized charges occurring on cards that were previously used legitimately at Kimpton properties." The company has hired a security firm and is investigating the cause.
Gizmodo
Microsoft accidentally sent an email to Gizmodo revealing its PR practices. The email was about the released of a new Skype product and highlighted how the company pitches the press and even included a dossier on a reporter from Fast Company with details such as what his writing style is and what his opinions are about different tech companies.
Mashable
Rapper Drake did not respond when actor Jonah Hill mistakenly sent him an email of his diet. The Hollywood star mistakenly sent the rapper his food diary. The email was intended for Hill's doctor.
Arstechnica
More than 200 million hacked Yahoo accounts have been listed for sale on the dark web. The company is investigating the claim to see if the data in question is legitimate. It is not clear if Yahoo's servers were breached or if these accounts were accessed through other malicious means.
Refinery29
Hollywood actor Jonah Hill keeps a food diary in which he regularly sends a list of items that he eats to his doctor. Recently, the comedian sent the list, which included: yogurt, salad, and chicken, but was surprised when his doctor didn't reply. So he found that he had sent the email to rapper Drake by mistake.
WZZM13
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has warned citizens to beware a spam email claiming to come from his office. The email has the subject line, "The Office of The Attorney General Complaint," and is targeting local businesses. The email encourages users to click on malicious links.
CNN.com
The CEO of the Democratic National Committee and two other insiders quit on Tuesday after the organization's email was hacked and leaked last week. CEO Amy Dacey, CFO Brad Marshall and Communications Director Luis Miranda all cut ties after the controversy which took place just before the convention.
Business Insider
Liz Wessel CEO and cofounder of startup WayUp , a job site for recent graduates, is a big believer in the cold email. She herself wrote to venture capitalist Roelof Botha when she wa starting out for job advice and he encouraged her to take a job offer at Google. Wessel encourages people to use cold emails to further their careers.