Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Cbr Systems, Inc. failed to protect the security of customers’ personal information and that its inadequate security practices led to a breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and debit and credit card information of nearly 300,000 consumers. As part…
Category: Breach Incidents
Official MSI Taiwan Hacked 50,000 Accounts & Other Data leaked, Sites Defaced
One of the worlds largest Hardware companies MSI has been breached in its official Taiwan server by well known hacker group Turkish Ajan Hacker Group. The attack was announced just a very short time ago from twitter by the official Turkish Ajan Hacker group twitter account @TurkishAjan which had posted a leak of information and a link to a few very…
Official French Defense Subdomain hacked and defaced
The official French ministry of defense website has come under attack and as a result one of its sub domains has been left defaced. The attack comes from @HBVirus1 who first announced the defacement about 12 hrs ago on twitter. > Ministère de la Défense rcp1.terre.defense.gouv.fr #Hacked #Defaced @youranonnews @eduardkovacs @ehackernews @hackread @thehackersnews — HBVirus1…
Lessons from EDRM/FERC/Enron Data Privacy Breaches (updated)
Thanks to Joe Howie of BeyondRecognition.net for alerting me to what appears to be a very long-running, inadequately remedied breach that has exposed – and may be continuing to expose – the Social Security numbers and other personal information of thousands of people. I am posting this with some hesitation, as the data may still…
And so it begins… attorneys general investigating LivingSocial.com breach
Attorney General George Jepsen of CT and Attorney General Douglas Gansler of Maryland have written to LivingSocial to request more information on their recent breach and how it may impact consumers. Their actions were announced in a press release yesterday. The Attorneys General have asked the company to provide a detailed timeline of the incident,…
4.2 GB of Emails leaked from Italian Politicians by Anonymous
Anonymous hacktivist have today announced and leaked over 4 gigabyte of data from some Italian Politicians. The announcement first came from a simple pastebin post on the 24th of April titled "ANONYMOUS – MOVEMENT 5 STARS LEAK" which was a press release and a sample of what is to come. The leak has now been upload to well…