A Kenya based website for a well known publisher has been hacked by @LulzSecWiki leaving a heap of credentials leaked. The website belongs to Standard Digital which is a respected and large publishing company and the attack was announced via social media and posted to pastebin. > The Standard Group is acknowledged and respected as the leading multi-media house…
Category: Breach Incidents
Royal Dutch Shell Blog hacked, Administrator Accounts Leaked
A group of hackers from the Brazilian Electronic Army have this week leaked a dump of data from the Royal Dutch Shell plc blog (https://royaldutchshellplc.com/) The leak was announced on the 2nd and posted to paste bin and announced over twitter from the BCA Official account @Official_BCE > Royal Dutch – Oli Company Database publish royaldutchshellplc.com #OpFuelStrike…
UK: Pembrokeshire child sex abuse files ‘released in error’
The BBC reports: Allegations that Pembrokeshire council wrongly disclosed sensitive reports about 10 child sex abuse victims to another victim are being investigated. It is claimed the person wanted information about himself, but received private details about others. Read more on BBC. The story was initially reported earlier today in Western Mail, which provides more…
Proposed settlement in lawsuit filed by Winn-Dixie employee against Purchasing Power LLC
Law360.com has an update to the Purchasing Power LLC lawsuit filed by Winn-Dixie employee Patrick Burrows that I’ve blogged about in the past. Burrows had sued Purchasing Power LLC after they had an insider data breach. Law360 reports that Purchasing Power has agreed to pay $430,000 to settle the complaint: In a settlement motion filed…
Vernon Township ordered to pay court costs after suing hapless recipients of employees’ SSN
Remember that ridiculous lawsuit by Vernon Township against individuals to whom it had accidentally released employees’ Social Security numbers? There’s an update. Jessica Masulli Reyes reports: The individuals who received the Social Security numbers of 119 Vernon employees were ordered by a judge to sign certification saying that the confidential information was deleted and not disseminated….
17yo Australian in Court Charged with 19 Hacking Offences
Today the australian federal police have announced that a 17yo unidentified juvenile has been charged in parramatta children’s court for hacking offences. In the press release by the AFP they have stated that this juvenile is possibly an active member of anonymous and from what i can tell of the charges they are facing it appears they might be getting charged for some defacements and…