Anonymous hacktivist have been going all out against Israel and anything it has its name on online. So far there have been hundreds of defaced sites, lots of sites with deleted databases and suffering ddos attacks. Today we have been contacted by a hacker using the handle m0le who has claimed to hack and leak data from the Unity…
Month: November 2012
Data Breach Class Action against Popular Video Game Developer Dismissed for Failure to Plead Adequate Damages
An update on the Valve/Steam breach… Alan Pate writes: In a ruling this past Wednesday, November 14th, a Federal Judge in the Western District of Washington dismissed a class action against video game developer Valve Corporation. The class action stemmed from a November 6th, 2011 data breach of Valve’s popular online video game distribution platform,…
Breach notification done right? (Nationwide hack, updated)
I spend a lot of time criticizing breach notifications, so it’s nice when I can occasionally point to a positive example. Without considering whether the breach could have been prevented, consider this notification letter from Nationwide Insurance, dated November 16: We want to make you aware that a portion of our computer network was criminally…
Jerusalem College of Engineering hacked by @VenomSec
Hacker collective @VenomSec has dumped a leak of data that comes from the Jerusalem College of Engineering (jerusalemengg.ac.in). The attack was announced on twitter and posted to pastebin. The leak file contains database information as well as a table of 900+ student credentials that contain usernames and encrypted passwords. The breach is not apart of the on…
Town of Bertioga hacked, 6000+ clear text account credentials leaked
The Brazil government has come under attack from a hacker using the handle JUMP!N PROXY. The attack has been aimed at the town of Bertioga’s website (https://www.bertioga.sp.gov.br) which hosts information and links to services for the local town area. The leak was posted to pastebin in two parts and contains usernames/emails and a clear text passwords….
Anonymous all out assault for #OpIsrael leaves sites hacked, defaced and leaked
Over the past few days anonymous hacktivist have been attacking all Israel based websites, servers and databases. So far the attack has left hundreds of sites defaced. As well as the defacing a lot of the sites are now having the database deleted, which if they have backups is really not worth the time and trouble the…