A firm can have a great policy of not storing credit card numbers, but if the policy isn’t followed by staff, trouble can result. eReplacementParts.com learned this lesson the hard way. They discovered that despite their non-storage policy, credit card information of some customers had been stored. In some cases, the storage was due to…
Category: Breach Incidents
Hervé lifting
An insider breach previously reported on this blog continues to create problems for bank’s clients who were dodging their taxes. What Edward Snowden is to mass surveillance, Hervé Falciani is becoming to private banking. In 2008 the now 41-year-old native of Monaco walked out of the Geneva branch of HSBC, where he had worked for…
Panasonic UK signs undertaking following theft of laptop with unencrypted personal information from third party contractor
Panasonic UK has signed an Undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing personal data relating to people who had attended a hospitality event run by a third party company on Panasonic’s behalf. The incident is a good reminder that your contracts with business associates or vendors need…
#OpGoldenDawn TimeLine of Attacks And Leaks
OpGoldenDawn was kicked off on Monday the 14th of October 2013 by Anonymous hacktivist who are taken sights to the worlds governments in light of the recently arrested and charged 13 anonymous hacktivist for there alleged part in Operation Payback. What’s been leaked? So far over 1GB of data in total has been leaked for…
Huge Data Leak From Ministry of Economy of Poland By #Anonymous
Anonymous today have come out again with more leaked data in the name of #OpGoldenDawn. The most recent leak comes from Poland’s Ministry of Economy which follows the recent large leak of information from the Greece’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) by the same Anonymous hacktivist. The data has been uploaded…
Huge Leak Of Documents Leaked For #OpGoldenDawn By #Anonymous
Today Anonymous hacktivist have announced another huge leak of documents which comes from Greece’s MOFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe). Anonymous hacktivist have claimed this leak and dubbed it #OpGoldenDawn but have not stated how they obtained it which means it could be a malicious insider or external…