BBC reports: An “unprecedented” and co-ordinated cyber-attack has struck multiple UK-based providers of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services, according to an industry body. Industry body Comms Council UK said several of its members had been targeted by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in recent weeks. “An overall threat has been made to the…
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UK: Thousands of human error data breaches at Hampshire County Council
Timothy Edgley reports: Hampshire County Council has been ranked as the worst county authority in the country for human error data breaches. New research from VPNOverview, which carries out extensive research on VPNs, online privacy, security and internet freedom, has shown that Hampshire County Council has recorded thousands of human error data breaches in the…
NJ: Pinelands Regional School District Investigates Data Breach
Stephanie Faughnan reports: The Pinelands Regional School District acknowledged last week their investigation of a data breach that included information about personnel and students. In mid-March of this year, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Melissa McCooley received notification from the wife former board president Thomas “Tommy” Williams that her husband would be undergoing an emergency procedure….
Central Restaurants Group in Thailand hit by Desorden
The Desorden threat actors have been busy, it seems, as they have announced an attack on Central Restaurants Group (CRG) in Thailand. The attack, with proof of claim, was posted on a popular hacking forum and sent to DataBreaches.net. The proof of claim files included membership card details of Mister Donut, employee details, daily sales…
Political refuge for terrorists: The Hezbollah incubator in South America is published
This is a machine translation of an article in Hebrew by Damian Petter: A group of hackers calling themselves Team HDP in Venezuela has hacked into the country’s intelligence body database – the “Central Board of Counterintelligence”, in its official name (DGCIM). The crackers got their hands on personal details of alleged Hezbollah operatives, who are…
Cyber attack closes Iran’s petrol stations
Jon Gambrell reports: A cyber attack has targeted petrol stations across Iran, shutting down a government system managing fuel subsidies and leaving angry motorists stranded in long lines at shuttered stations. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday, though it bore similarities to another months earlier that seemed to directly challenge Iran’s…