Today a hacker using the handle Game Over has leaked another lot of data that comes from a sims based website. The site, Newseasims.com was breached some time this week and the leak was announced late yesterday on social network twitter. > 116,000 Emails, Usernames and Passwords (Cleartext) Hacked – jollyroger.es/116000 – NewSeaSims Hacked #GameOver…
Category: Breach Incidents
Official Dubai Airport Site Hacked, Staff Credentials Leaked
This week hackers have announced a leak of data from the official Dubai Airport website (https://www.dubaiairport.com). The leaks have been claimed and leaked by Portugal Cyber Army & HighTech Brazil HackTeam who have announced it via social media by @Official_PCA. > Dubai Airport Database leaked pastebin.com/S6XjKULM @cyber_war_news @ehackernews @thehackersnews @thehackersblog @thehackerspost — Portugal Cyber Army…
Stanley Black & Decker breach notice, v2.0
Don’t you just hate it when your breach response goes awry and compounds the breach or you discover that your original analysis of what information was involved was incomplete? Last month, Stanley Black & Decker notified both California and New Hampshire that a stolen corporate laptop contained employees’ information, including their bank routing and account…
Anonymous continues attacks on North Korea for #OpNorthKorea
In recent weeks there have been many on going operations and one of them is OpNorthKorea. The operation has so far seen many websites hacked and left defaced, offline as well as social media accounts being taken control of all while making main headlines around the world. In recent days the operation has continued to…
Eight years of data breaches in higher education
Courtesy of Open-Site.org, used under Creative Commons License: Click on image for larger version. For more breaches from the education sector, including k-12 breaches, see DataLossDB.org.
Bank Sues Cyberheist Victim to Recover Funds
Brian Krebs reports on a lawsuit where Park Sterling Bank (PSB) in Charlotte, North Carolina is suing a former client, Wallace & Pittman PLLC , after the latter was the victim of a fraudulent wire transfer. The breach occurred after a key logger was installed on its system via a phishing attempt and criminals obtained…