A new scam using VoIP Skype service is conning Australians out of millions, NSW Minister for Fair Trading has warned. The elaborate scam, which involves offshore telemarketers posing as reps from a fake organisation called Australian Electricity Commission, who are pushing energy saving devices and threatening to cut off householder power within 3 days, if…
Month: November 2011
Web site of Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria hacked
A hacker or hackers have compromised the usernames and passwords of people registered for the web site of the Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria. In some cases, individuals used their e-mail addresses as their logins, raising additional security concerns if they re-use passwords. The data dump by an unidentified hacker contained 1826 unique usernames with clear-text…
www.podiatry.com hacked
According to a data dump on Pastebin.com, 382 individuals who registered with PRESENT e-Learning Systems’ PRESENT Podiatry program (www.podiatry.com) had their names, e-mail addresses, and affiliations acquired by a hacker who calls him/herself “Teku.” In a related data dump on Pastie, I see names and street addresses of what appears to be 86 registrants for…
Psychiatrist facing federal charges in HIPAA case acquitted by judge
I’ve mentioned this case before on this blog, but now new details have emerged in this case. Tim McGlone reports: A psychiatrist faces trial in federal court on charges of illegally disclosing medical information of a Virginia state trooper who had been in his care after being held hostage and raped over three nights. Prosecutors…
Yet another pointless account dump, hundreds dumped from www.jjs2.com
@DeleteSec is living up to a very childish name – skiddies, using tools to hack small websites and dump hundreds of innocent peoples data online, the latest comes from another clothing online shop jjs2.com and contains lots of accounts. The leak contains emails, passwords and other private information. Be sure to use CTRL+F to quick search to…
Press Statement from Barret Brown on #OpCartel
Recently A few Anons got angry over another anon being kidnapped and started up Operation cartel, threatening to expose cartel members and ties with the law enforcement. In the recent weeks there has been mixed emotions about this with some backing it and other refusing to back it. The whole idea is dangerous as the cartels are known…