William Mallard of Reuters reports another breach due to successful phishing of employees: Japan’s pension system has been hacked and more than a million cases of personal data leaked, authorities said on Monday, in an embarrassment that revived memories of a scandal that helped topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his first term in office. Japan…
Category: Breach Incidents
Yemen Cyber Army dumps visa data from Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Yemen Cyber Army (YCA) has released more data from its hack of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (previous coverage here and here). Media sources reported after the first disclosure that Riyadh confirmed the internal Internet network attack but disputed the extent of the hack. At this rate, their protestations might want to be walked…
Hacker accesses Gaana.com user data after site fails to respond to security alerts
Gwyn D’Mello reports that an online music site was hacked to make a point after they failed to secure their site despite multiple warnings: A white hat hacker used an exploit to gain access to Gaana.com user credentials, because they neglected to fix a security bug he reported. It seems Gaana.com was hacked a few…
Minecraft Pocket Edition forum hacked, dumped
The minecraftpeforum.net domain has recently expired, but before it expired, it seems it was hacked. @rmsg0d, a member of TeaMp0isoN, dropped their forum’s database containing 16,125 records with userids, usernames, password, salt, loginkey, e-mail addresses, and numerous other fields relating to forum participation. In some cases, users seems to have actually provided their birthdates. Because the…
ISIS hackers take over local healthcare website; company tries to assure patients their info is safe
James Ford reports: It’s a hazard that could affect anyone with an internet connection, and it comes courtesy of the terrorist group ISIS. Hundreds of people in the tri-state who logged on to their healthcare provider’s website Thursday night and Friday got a very unhealthy shock. An ISIS-supporting group had hacked in, leaving many people…
OH: Former National Guardsman charged with ID theft
WKBN reports: A former National Guardsman is now charged with theft of public money and aggravated identity theft. Jack Reppart, 46, of Southington worked as a recruiting assistant to the Ohio Army National Guard. He’s accused of using the means of identification of six people to steal approximately $14,000 from the Department of Defense between…