John Leyden of The Register reports that the EC-Council sent out a notification to its members about the February breach noted previously on this blog. Here’s the full text of their message: On Saturday, February 22nd, 2014, the ICANN-accredited domain registrar of EC-Council was compromised and as a result, EC-Council suffered a DNS Poisoning attack,…
Category: Breach Incidents
Russian Intel and Spy Company SearchInform Hacked, Client Apps & Access Leaked By @Rucyborg
Today Russian hacktivist @Rucyborg has announced a leak of data from Searchinform and sent a message out to its director. The leak was announced a couple of hours ago via twitter and posted to cyberguerrilla.org with a message which states that the hackers have had access to searchinform.ru since as far back as 2012 and that…
Victim of 2012 hack, British Pregnancy Advice Service fined for violating the Data Protection Act (Updated)
Some breaches are potentially much more harmful than others. A March 2012 hack involving the British Pregnancy Advice Service (BPAS) fell into that group, and I was so concerned about the breach and the threatened data dump that on Twitter, I publicly called out members of Anonymous for sitting back and not speaking up to try to dissuade…
PA: Johnstown Man Pleads Guilty In Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. John M. Chapman, 33, pleaded guilty to 26 counts before David S. Cercone, United States District Judge. According to the information presented to the court, between 2007…
Russian Defence Export Hacked, 500+MB Data Leaked By @Rucyborg (UPDATED)
Updated below with basic analysis of the data. Today Russian hacktivist @Rucyborg has announced a big leak of files from Russian Defence Export ROSOBORONEXPORT (https://www.roe.ru/). The leak was announced just a short time ago from twitter and has been posted to cyberguerrilla. The leaked files are just the first part of a few to come…
Thermo Fisher Scientific notifies employees after laptop with their SSN is stolen
Thermo Fisher Scientific is notifying 93 employees that their unencrypted names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee in Boston on December 23. The firm learned of the breach on January 4. Those affected are being offered a year of free credit monitoring with EquiFax’s Credit Watch Gold service. You…