This weekend a hacker using the handle @G3NTbl4ck has announced and released data from a Surveillance company named Vislink (https://surveillance.vislink.com). Vislink has been around since 1999 and they specialize in wireless, video and IP technologies together with the supporting management systems. Vislink’s Surveillance solutions support covert and overt video surveillance missions including: criminal investigation, airborne downlink, crisis…
Category: Breach Incidents
Update on Raley’s breach
More on the Raley’s supermarket chain breach reported here on June 9. Peter Strozniak reports that Redwood Credit Union has reissued 18,400 debit cards since June when the Santa Rosa, Calif., credit union was notified that a regional supermarket’s IT system had been hacked by criminals compromising about 200 member accounts. Read more on CU Times.
US Airways notifies employees of breach, but why the delay?
On July 18, US Airways sent some of its employees a letter informing them that, due to an error by Automatic Data Processing (ADP), their W-2 information was downloadable online by fellow employees. US Airways had been made aware of the problem on June 6, but offered no explanation as to why it took them…
UK: ICO takes enforcement action against Chief Constables after personal data breach
Sooraj Shah reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has urged policing staff that work in specialist collaboration units to receive data protection training, while it warned the units themselves to be adequately secured. The ICO has tried to increase awareness in the area after its investigation of a breach at the East Midlands Collaboration Unit….
Pakistan Higher Education Commission Hacked, Over 20,000 Accounts Leaked for #OpIslam
Hackers using the handle Hackers sTz have contacted us with a leak of data from the Pakistan Higher Education Commission Website (https://hec.gov.pk/). The attack which is in the name of #OpIslam which appears to be a new operation by hacktivist around the world. #OpIslam was kicked off just a very short time ago and even has its…
5 hackers charged in largest data breach scheme in U.S. (updated)
David Voreacos reports: Four Russians and a Ukrainian were charged for their role in the largest hacking and data breach scheme in U.S. history, according to Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney in New Jersey. The five conspired in a “worldwide scheme that targeted major corporate networks, stole more than 160 million credit card numbers and resulted…