Some people erroneously believe that this site can offer them personalized help responding to a data breach. It can’t. This site is a news and issues site. DON’T post your personal info or contact information in a comment on this site. You are just inviting scammers to contact you, and giving them details they can use to…
Month: February 2015
Egyptian court puts ousted president Mursi on trial over Qatar link
There are insider breaches and then there are insider breaches. Reuters reports: An Egyptian court has put ousted president Mohamed Mursi on trial on charges of endangering national security by leaking state secrets and sensitive documents to Qatar, furthering a state crackdown on his outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. […] The public prosecutor had said Mursi’s aides were involved in leaking…
Resource: Introduction to Social Engineering (CERT-UK)
An introduction to social engineering was released by the UK Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) on January 21, 2015: Social engineering is a prolific and effective means of gaining access to the secure systems and sensitive information of an organisation. Attacks vary from bulk phishing emails to highly targeted, multi-layered techniques. These attacks often prey on common aspects…
UK: Cumbria police worker to face trial on data charges
News & Star reports: A civilian police worker will face trial after denying two data protection offences. [identity information redacted by DataBreaches.net– see update], faces one charge of knowingly or recklessly obtaining information contained in personal data without the permission of the data controller, and one charge of recklessly or knowingly disclosing that information, in…
Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware
David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth report: …. In a report to be published on Monday, and provided in advance to The New York Times, Kaspersky Lab says that the scope of this attack on more than 100 banks and other financial institutions in 30 nations could make it one of the largest bank thefts…
Anthem’s notification letter to affected members
A template of Anthem’s letter to affected members has been submitted to, and uploaded by, the California Attorney General’s Office. You can read it here (pdf).