Michelle Ainsworth reports: Account details of up to one million Telstra customers have possibly been breached after an internal website was made public. The website listed Telstra customers on bundle plans and included their names, plan types, contact they had had with Telstra customer service and in some instances their account passwords, the Herald Sun…
Month: December 2011
Hershey Medical Center employee fired after breach of Joe Paterno's records
Sarah Ganim reports: A Penn State Hershey Medical Center employee has been fired for allegedly accessing Joe Paterno’s billing and registration records without permission, according to a source with direct knowledge of the breach. It happened the day after the 84-year-old was fired from his longtime Penn State head football coaching job, but two days…
Four Romanian nationals indicted for hacking Subway and 50 other merchants’ POS systems
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has issued a press release about an indictment that may relate to some breaches involving Subway Restaurant previously reported on this blog. The case was filed May 4, but the indictment has just been unsealed. Four Romanian nationals have been charged in federal court for their alleged participation in an…
David Cecil, pleads guilty to 2 of 48 charges, faces 10years jail
Well back in the land down under, David Cecil the alleged NBN hacker has pleaded guilty to two of the 49 charges he is facing for hacking an ISP and causing no threat or damage at all. In a recent post we showed that the australian police used a full team of armed police to raid an arrest…
UK: Probe launched as confidential files appear on Camden Council’s website
The Town Hall is facing a probe by the country’s data protection watchdog after a New Journal investigation found files containing strictly confidential personal information were freely accessible on Camden Council’s website. We alerted the Town Hall to the dangers of publishing uncensored licensing applications on Monday after opening and downloading dozens of the forms….
Dump of accounts from 18eighty.com
@AnonHex has hacked and dumped a bunch of accounts from 18eighty.com, a clothing brand website. the leak contains emails, usernames and CLEAR text passwords. Once again this should be a warning that hackers will target anything that is insecure. Admin you need to get on your game and start earning the money you are paid. https://pastebin.com/hmxJUb1Y