Hackers Mine DVRs for Bitcoin, Raid Liquor Stores and Target Web TV Watchers
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Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Security camera DVRs make for stupid bitcoin miners
Hackers have been infecting recording devices to steal processing power for making the virtual currency.
Texas liquor chain waited a year and a half to say anything about customer data breach
Banking information on over half a million customers might have been compromised at Spec's alcohol stores statewide.
Personal data on 158,000 online TV watchers leaked
Hackers crept into a forum for users of Boxee.tv, and then dumped member names, email addresses, message histories and partially protected passwords.
Hacked Pinterest accounts blast butt photos
Users of the picture-sharing site reported that their feeds also were being used to post weight loss spam.
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