From the California Correctional Health Care Services submission to California’s Office of the Attorney General, the text of the letter they are sending to affected individuals: Dear FirstName LastName, On June 11, 2012, a kiosk mail box located at the California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) Regional Administration building in Fresno, California was discovered to…
Month: August 2012
NZ: SSC dismisses breach of privacy fears
Seen on Radio New Zealand: The State Services Commission is moving to quell fears that people may have had their privacy breached as part of a Kiwis Count survey. Postcards reminding participants about the online survey have been sent containing not just names and addresses, but also peoples’ access passwords and user names. The reminder…
Australian Institute of Business Brokers denies Anonymous password breach
Wait – we can’t believe everything we read on the Internet?! Hamish Barwick reports: The Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB) has denied reports that encrypted passwords belonging to 250 of its members were posted online. Hacktivist group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for posting the passwords. An AIBB spokesperson told Computerworld Australia that all the group had…
Indian Railway Sites Attacked By Pak Cyber Pyrates
PCP or Pak Cyber Pyrates have been at it again this time attacking 80+ websites that belong to Indian government railways. The attack has happened across many different sub domains for several different railway sites and totals 89 different defacement’s all together. The defacement has been removed from all sites by time of publishing but it featured…
DSD & ASIO Websites Attacked by Anonymous for #OpAustralia
The anonymous Operation Australia hackers have today again been busy with further attacks on the ASIO and DSD website. The attacks have been taking place throughout the day and continuing right now. The website https://www.dsd.gov.au/ appeared to be down when checked not long ago as well as https://www.asio.gov.au/ which was taken down again a short time ago. The attacks have been…
Hackers Publish Israelis’ Credit Card Information
Elad Benari reports: A hackers’ site bearing the name of Hizbullah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in 2008, published on Wednesday databases that were stolen from the Israeli storage company Webgate and which include personal information and credit card numbers of Israelis. Channel 10 News reported that, in addition to the credit card numbers,…