Choi Mo-Ran reports: Authorities said yesterday that they have arrested three hackers suspected of leaking the personal data of 17 million people from 225 websites. The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday that it had arrested the trio, who stole personal data from Korean websites and sold it to loan lenders and chauffeur service companies…
Category: Breach Incidents
360 million newly stolen credentials on black market – Hold Security LLC
Jim Finkle reports: A cybersecurity firm said on Tuesday that it uncovered stolen credentials from some 360 million accounts that are available for sale on cyber black markets, though it is unsure where they came from or what they can be used to access. The discovery could represent more of a risk to consumers and…
An update regarding your REDcard and the data breach
Ken Hess, a Target customer, received an update letter about the Target breach which he posted in its entirety on ZDNet. There is really nothing particularly new in the letter, other than Target says they (still) have no evidence of any misuse of their branded RED cards and only a “low amount” of misuse of…
Lutheran Church Australia Hacked & 1,484 user accounts leaked
This week hacker using the handle @security_511 has leaked data from two churches already and today they have just announced a third leak. The leak comes from an Australian church named Lutheran Church Australia (https://lca.org.au/) and has been posted to pastebin. The leak contains 1,484 user accounts with user names,email addresses and encrypted passwords as well…
SPIROL Hacked, 70,889 Clients Information Leaked After Being Warned
Today Deletesec has announced an leak of data from what is turning out to be a service to many high profile company’s around the world. The target is SPIROL International (https://spirol.com/) and as a result of them being it has over 30,000 company’s affected after there credentials have been leaked online. SPIROL is a international business going…
Ten months later, Memphis Police Dept. first notifies people of data breach?
Melissa Moon reports: A security breach at the Memphis Police Department may have compromised the personal information of thousands. It happened nearly a year ago, but those at risk are just finding out about it. Memphis Police say in April of 2013 someone hacked into a database system used to search for people, residences, and…