Over on HackRead, Waqas notes that hacktivists under the banner of Anonymous have attacked a Japanese site (visit-jy.com), operated by the Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture Tourism Promotion Division. The vulnerable url involved the Akiyoshidai Safari Land – a zoo where tourists can Observe animals closely in a near natural environment. There is open space to come in touch with cute…
Month: March 2016
AR: Pulaski County Special School District notifies past and current employees of data breach
It was a heck of a week for Pulaski County Special School District employees. One hundred of them got pink slips on Wednesday in a downsizing move, and all former and current employees received emails or phone messages late Friday night alerting them to a data breach in February that had just been discovered. Cynthia Howell reports: Pulaski County Special School…
Security researcher investigating Bangladesh central bank cyber-heist kidnapped? (UPDATED)
Researching and reporting on data breaches has always had some element of risk attached. You can get accused of hacking, or you can get threatened with litigation. In Brian Krebs’s case, you can find yourself swatted. Or in my case, you can get threatened with infection of HIV. But with the exception of swatting, the rest pales…
How Pirates And Hackers Worked Together To Steal Millions Of Dollars In Diamonds
Joseph Bernstein reports: Late on a Friday afternoon in early 2015, Chris Novak got a strange call. As the director of Verizon’s investigative response team, he was accustomed to desperate corporations dialing into the group’s 24-7 hotline to stanch the bleeding caused by cybersecurity crises — credit card fraud, financial fraud, intellectual property theft. “We…
In: Firm director remanded in data theft case
TNN reports: The directory of a company has been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days in the data theft case. Sunil Verma of M/s GC Associates was produced in a local court and remanded in judicial custody, said inspector H S Sekhon of cyber cell. “We have seized all relevant gadgets through which data…
NZ: Privacy review at Wellington Hospital after staffer caught snooping on records
Back in December, I noted an alleged breach at Wellington Hospital that was being investigated, but the name of the employee wasn’t provided, so it’s not clear whether that report is related to a new report out today by Ben Weather: A Wellington Hospital staff member has left after being caught accessing 33 patients’ records….