CNBC reports: A Greek man has been arrested on suspicion of having stolen 9 million personal data files in what is believed to be the biggest breach of private information the country has ever seen. Police said Tuesday that the 35-year-old, whose name was not released, was found in possession of the data files that…
Month: November 2012
Haley admits hacking errors; revenue chief resigns
Governor Haley has now walked back some of her more irritating claims about South Carolina’s massive data breach. Seanna Adcox of Associated Press reports: A report on a massive security breach at the South Carolina tax collection agency shows the state could have done more to protect personal information for nearly 4 million taxpayers, Gov. Nikki…
So much tax refund fraud…. and so much we don’t find out about
As I’ve noted here and on PHIprivacy.net a number of times, sometimes the only way we seem to find out about breaches is when government attorneys issue press releases that refer to breaches. Often, such press releases lack the kind of details we need to help us understand what type of breach occurred, how many…
Facebook condemns European data protection fines
Antony Savvas reports that Facebook is warning EU data protectors that companies may start court battles if they are fined 2% of their global turnover for a data breach. They also raise a host of other concerns and objections to the draft proposal. Facebook’s response to the draft regulations was obtained under a freedom of information…
Israeli Microsoft sites, MSN, Skype, Live all hacked and defaced
#OpIsrael has today targeted a Microsoft server that contains 3 of its major service sites, Skype MSN and Live. The attack comes from hackers who are in protest to the on going attacks on Gaza and are dubbing themselves The Notorious Hackers using the handles 1337, H4x0rL1f3, ZombiE_KsA and Invectus. All domains where still defaced at time of publishing. 1. https://skype.co.il 2. https://msn.org.il 3. https://live.co.il…
Palestine ISP PALNET Hacked, client account and payment details leaked
The on going war between Israel and Palestine has seen many attacks from hackers around the world who have mainly been targeting Israeli based websites. A hacker who uses the handle yourikan has leaked a complete database from a isp PALNET (https://www.palnet.ps) which is said to be one of the largest in Palestine. The leak has been posted…