A hacker using the handle @th3inf1d3l has today announced an leak of data from muslimdirectory.co.uk resulting in 38,903 User credentials being leaked online. The breach has been announce from th3inf1d3l’s twitter account with a link to pastebin which contains a short message, some server and database information and a link to the complete leak on stashbox.org. OpFuckMohammad…
Month: February 2014
KR: Shinhan Bank allegedly snooped into accounts of politicians
Na Jeong-ju reports: Shinhan Bank may face punishment by regulators for allegedly illegally accessing hundreds of bank accounts held by its customers, including politicians, sources said Monday. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is currently looking into claims by an opposition lawmaker last year that the bank accessed bank accounts held by 22 people, including 16…
Wachovia customer sues bank for failing to protect his account and then falsely fingering him to the feds
Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald has a must-read piece about what Carlos Gomez, a Wachovia Bank customer, went through after becoming a victim of ID theft by a bank employee, and how he’s suing Wachovia, which has since been taken over by Wells Fargo: Just before dawn, insistent pounding on the front door jolted…
Report of the Health Data Research Forum: Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for B.C. and the B.C. Ministry of Health
From the report: On December 9, 2013, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC) and the B.C. Ministry of Health (MoH) convened a meeting of 38 representatives from the health research community and its stakeholders in British Columbia. The attendees were invited to come together to discuss and seek solutions…
NHS admits new medical records database could pose privacy risk
Laura Donnelly writes: Patient confidentiality could be undermined by the new medical records database, the NHS’s own risk analysis has warned. The controversial database could be vulnerable to hackers or could be used to identify patients “maliciously”, the document, seen by The Telegraph, states. It says the scheme could damage public confidence in the NHS…
Second member of #Anonymous sentenced in Angel Soft DDoS prosecution
Paul Srubas reports: A second man implicated in an Internet attack on Angel Soft bathroom tissue’s website three years ago was sentenced recently in federal court in Green Bay. Jacob Wilkens, 24, of Postville, Iowa, must spend two years on probation and pay $110,933 in restitution, Magistrate Judge James Sickel ordered last week. Christopher Sudlik,…