Last week, DataBreaches.net broke the story of how some south Florida agencies’ databases were still accessible to a Russian known online as “BadVolf” (or “BadWolf”). BadVolf, a self-identified friend of Mark Dougan, claims to have previously hacked and dumped thousands of confidential records of judges, police officers, and other law enforcement officials in retaliation for how the Palm…
Month: March 2016
GhostShell, the morning after
So after yesterday’s story about GhostShell doxing himself publicly through his interviews with us (which he then shared a bit of with other news outlets), I asked GhostShell this morning how he was doing and feeling. He answered with this: This is definitely a unique experience for me. A bit scary but at the same…
Taking pity on law enforcement, Romanian hacker “GhostShell” doxes himself
What does a prolific Romanian hacker have to do to get arrested in Romania? And why would the 24-year old hacker known as GhostShell be willing to risk arrest by doxing himself? In a wide-ranging interview with DataBreaches.net and CyberWarNews.info, GhostShell discussed hacking, the scene, and the reasons for his unexpected decision to dox himself. This article by DataBreaches.net and…
Ottawa Hospital hit with ransomware, information on four computers locked down
Vito Pilieci reports: The Ottawa Hospital has confirmed that four computers in its network of 9,800 were hit with ransomware last week which encrypted the information on those machines making it unaccessible to hospital administrators. “No patient information was affected. The malware locked down the files and the hospital responded by wiping the drives,” said…
So you found some records in the street? Now what do you do?
Sometimes people who find documents with personal information don’t know to whom to return them. Other times, they may know, but refuse to return them or stall in returning them. And yet others may decide to go to the media. Why people make the choices they make is beyond the scope of this blog, but…
Private tracker member data leaked via BBCode exploit
Andy of TorrentFreak writes that a vulnerability in a popular private tracker, SceneAccess, enabled a security expert to extract private data about site members and staff and attach usernames to IP addresses. The possibility remains, Andy writes, that other sites are also affected. Read more on TorrentFreak.