Yahoo
Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is investigating the data breach that left 500 million Yahoo accounts exposed to hackers.
Venture Beat
Swiss email encryption service ProtonMail is offering a deal for Cyber Monday: a lifetime subscription for $1400. The company launched in beta in 2014 out of CERN and promises to deliver NSA-free email. The company raised more than $2.5 million in funding before its full launch earlier this year.
We Live Security
Hackers broke into some of MailChimp's business accounts in Australia and sent out emails with malicious links.
The Canadian government's major email overhaul is more than 20 months past due and the project is over budget.
ZDNet
Encrypted email and messaging service Riseup.net may not be as secure as users think, some users are speculating on Hacker News and Reddit forums.
The Wall Street Journal
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a batch of email correspondence with political consultants in order to avoid having to release more emails through a lawsuit. Two news organizations have sued for these emails between De Blasio and these outside advisors.
Reuters
Hackers have broken into the European Commission's computers, overwhelming one EU executive's servers with digital service requests. However, while the break in affected connection speeds, the Commission reported that there was no data breach.
Threat Post
UberCENTRAL, Uber's portal to help businesses facilitate rides for clients, has a vulnerability that may have leaked the names, email addresses, and unique ID of all Uber users. Tech student Kevin Roh discovered the weakness. The issue is related to an insecure direct object reference, or IDOR vulnerability.
Niagara Falls Review
Police in the Niagara Falls area are warning local residents of a new email scam in circulation that claim to be traffic tickets. These fraudulent messages give users a bill for a traffic violations such as negligent driving, along with a link to pay the fine. Residents have been complaining about the issue via social media. Authorities have instructed recipients to ignore the messages.
NBC News
Madison Square Garden Company has revealed that a data breach could have affected customers that used credit cards at its properties between November 9, 2015 and October 24, 2016.