Updated below with basic analysis of the data. Today Russian hacktivist @Rucyborg has announced a big leak of files from Russian Defence Export ROSOBORONEXPORT (https://www.roe.ru/). The leak was announced just a short time ago from twitter and has been posted to cyberguerrilla. The leaked files are just the first part of a few to come…
Month: March 2014
ComiXology Announces A Security Breach, What You Need To Do
Bryan M. Wolfe reports: Digital comic book seller ComiXology has announced a security breach. As a result, users must reset their passwords. In an email to users, ComiXology reveals that an “unauthorized individual” has gained access to a database that contains “usernames, email addresses, and cryptographically protected passwords.” They note that payment account information was not compromised….
KR: Personal data of 12 million KT customers stolen: police
Yonhap News Agency reports a hack affecting almost three-fourths of KT Corporation (formerly known as Korea Telecom)’s customers: Three people, including a telemarketer, were arrested in connection with the case, the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said. The leaked information included victims’ names, resident registration numbers, places of employment and bank account details. Police believe the…
KR: FSS rejects request for data theft probe
Na Jeong-ju reports: The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has rejected a consumer group’s request to examine the extent of damage consumers suffered from recent data theft cases involving major financial firms here. The decision has triggered protests from victims. In early February, the Financial Consumer Agency asked the regulator to probe the banks and credit…
UK: Data theft PC Sugra Hanif dismissed from police force
BBC reports on a case mentioned previously on this blog: A police officer has been dismissed from her job after her conviction for stealing and selling details of accident victims. Sugra Hanif was found guilty along with her lover Raza Khan of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office following a trial in January. Read more…
UK: KCOM caught in yet ANOTHER customer privacy snafu
Kelly Fiveash reports on several breaches at KCOM that had not been previously reported on this blog: Hull-based telco KCOM has coughed to another privacy clanger – this time admitting to wrongly sharing some of its customers’ email addresses with other subscribers. But it’s unclear whether the ISP has turned itself into the Information Commissioner’s…