Charles Arthur reports: A Guardian investigation has cast doubt on claims by a UK-based Turkish researcher that he hacked into Apple’s Developer portal, which has been offline for more than a week. Read more on The Guardian.
Month: July 2013
Update on Raley’s breach
More on the Raley’s supermarket chain breach reported here on June 9. Peter Strozniak reports that Redwood Credit Union has reissued 18,400 debit cards since June when the Santa Rosa, Calif., credit union was notified that a regional supermarket’s IT system had been hacked by criminals compromising about 200 member accounts. Read more on CU Times.
US Airways notifies employees of breach, but why the delay?
On July 18, US Airways sent some of its employees a letter informing them that, due to an error by Automatic Data Processing (ADP), their W-2 information was downloadable online by fellow employees. US Airways had been made aware of the problem on June 6, but offered no explanation as to why it took them…
UK: ICO takes enforcement action against Chief Constables after personal data breach
Sooraj Shah reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has urged policing staff that work in specialist collaboration units to receive data protection training, while it warned the units themselves to be adequately secured. The ICO has tried to increase awareness in the area after its investigation of a breach at the East Midlands Collaboration Unit….
Pakistan Higher Education Commission Hacked, Over 20,000 Accounts Leaked for #OpIslam
Hackers using the handle Hackers sTz have contacted us with a leak of data from the Pakistan Higher Education Commission Website (https://hec.gov.pk/). The attack which is in the name of #OpIslam which appears to be a new operation by hacktivist around the world. #OpIslam was kicked off just a very short time ago and even has its…
The VERIS Community Database
From Verizon: … Verizon is addressing this need by launching a new initiative to collect, organize and publish all publicly disclosed data breaches. The data is coded into VERIS format and available in an interactive dashboard via Tableau Public as well as in individual files in JSON format in a GitHub repository. Both can be reached from the VERIS Community site…