Seen on Reddit: Earlier today I received one of those run-of-the-mill phishing emails. I opened the url that the email wanted me to open, but leaving out the .php file in the end. At the directory, among other files belonging to the infected server was a .zip file, and inside it a .txt with 47130…
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MW: Sex workers sue government after forced HIV test
From AFP: Some 14 Malawians sex workers arrested by police and forced to undergo HIV tests two years ago have sued the government for “unfair action and violating their privacy”, a high court official told AFP Sunday. The prostitutes, who all tested positive, filed for a judicial review of their case in 2009, but the…
UCLA Psychology Dept. database hacked (again?)
Via Cyber War News, it seems that a UCLA Department of Psychology faculty database was hacked by Inj3ctor. Much of the data represent the names of departmental programs with corresponding names, e-mail addresses, and/or phone numbers and are just directory information, but there is also a dump of applicant information that reveals 26 applicants’ first…
Hack of online shoe retailer reveals customers’ and administrators’ passwords
I try to remember to check data dumps on Pastebin to see what’s showing up. Today I see a data dump of customer data reportedly acquired from online shoe retailer Zapateria Orinoco. There are 487 customers’ e-mail addresses, clear-text passwords, security questions and security answers. Ugh. But wait, there’s more. Two administrator accounts with clear-text passwords….
Hack on online game, Mu Explicito, exposes players’ and administrator’s passwords
Another Pastebin dump, this one of a hack of Mu Explicito, reveals 35 usernames, clear-text passwords, and e-mail addresses as well as the site owner/administrator’s clear-text password.
Czech Education Ministry faces CZK 10 million fine over leak of Romani students’ private data
A list of Romani scholarship recipients including sensitive personal data showed up recently on the Czech Education Ministry’s website. The ministry removed the list after Czech Television reported on the case earlier this week. Czech Education Minister Josef Dobeš (Public Affairs – VV) has filed criminal charges against an unidentified perpetrator over the information leak….