Anonymous hacktivist fighting for an operation dubbed #OperationGreenRights @OpGreenRights has contacted us a few days ago with a data leak from two Brazilian based government websites. One of these sites is actually the Power Plants of northern Brazil home eln.gov.br and the other is the Ministry of Environment which has been targeted in the past. The attack has come…
Month: December 2012
Anonymous set to attack Westboro baptist church tonite
Anonymous hacktivist from around the world have been laying sights on Westboro baptist church (WBC) in an operation dubbed OpWBC. Today is a day they plan to have an all out attack on WBC with a website opwestboro.com being released with a countdown, links to HOIC (newer LOIC), web chats and ability to upload evidence of attacks. The…
Prosecutors dismiss charges against 5 Japanese app developers accused of data theft by virus
It seemed to have the makings of a big news story almost two months ago when The Japan Times reported and the Hacker News spread the word that Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police had arrested five mobile app developers for creating and embedding a virus into smartphone applications that downloaded the users’ contacts. But now it appears that the case…
Raj Musicals Hacked, 12,000 user credentials leaked
An Musical instrument store in India has been hit by a hacker using the handle @JokerCracker. The company is Raj Musicals who claim to have over 60 years of experience dealing with musical instruments. Raj Musicals is a state of the art unit having professional infrastructure offering all Types of Musical instruments. The leak was announced on twitter and posted…
Gibson General Hospital notifies 29,000 patients after laptop stolen from an employee's home
Brad Conaway reports that Gibson General Hospital has mailed letters to 29,000 patients informing them that their name, address, Social Security number and/or clinical information may have been on a laptop stolen from an employee’s home on November 27. Unfortunately, as the hospital explains in its statement and FAQ, the hospital cannot determine with any…
Out with the old, in with the new
As 2012 draws to a close, there are a gadzillion things I should be doing. Instead, I’m re-doing some of my blogs and moving them to a more privacy-friendly web hosting service. Hostgator never answered my questions about their privacy policy and their notice to users, so goodbye to them. This site was just moved to its…