@TeamGhostShell (TGS) leader, @deadmellox has just tipped us off to another huge leak that is on the same scale as the last chinese leak from TGS. The most recent attack is mainly on Taiwan based websites with some other sites being attacked to. The leak contains a fairly detailed message as well as links to individual pastes that contain…
Month: July 2012
Judge Bars Enforcement Of ‘Docs Vs. Glocks’ Gun Law
From The News Service of Florida: Saying it was based on anecdotal information and unfounded conjecture, a federal judge has barred enforcement of a 2011 state law that restricted doctors from asking patients about guns in their houses. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled Friday that lawmakers had failed to make the case that gun…
Oak Creek Ranch School Hacked, Defaced For #OpLiberation by Anonymous
Operation Liberation (#Opliberation) has been going for some time now, exposing boarding schools that treat children badly, to say the least. Over the time there has been a fair few hits from many different hackers and teams in the name of this operation and one of the latest is the well known player Oak Creek Ranch School https://ocrs.com/. The schools website…
BC Hydro asks customers to check bills after online security breach
Michael Mui reports: BC Hydro is asking its online credit-card customers to check their bills after a security breach was detected last week. Corporation spokeswoman Jennifer Young said the breach — which involved credit card information not being properly encrypted — has been corrected, but urges those who paid online with a credit card in…
Dutch employment agency applicant data allegedly leaked following extortion attempt
@quentynblog kindly pointed me to what appears to be yet another extortion attempt that resulted in a data leak when the breached entity wouldn’t pay: From the hackers’ post: Dear friends (and enemies), Last week, we hacked into the Web server of Accord.nl, a Dutch temporary employment company, downloading thousands of job applicant records. We…
CA: AB 439 Would Weaken Medical Privacy Law
Richard Holober reports: California lawmakers are poised to weaken a patient privacy law despite its overwhelming voter support. AB 439 (Skinner) is before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a vote on Tuesday July 3. The bill would create loopholes in the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), placing patients at risk of repeated unauthorized release…