Update: Comment from PredPol has been added to the bottom. An anonymous hacktivist has today announced a leak of source code that comes from PredPol.com, which is a policing prediction software used by many divisions of California police. The announcement has come from #Ag3ntBlack aka @OpGJResisters via twitter. > oHai #Anonymous #AntiSec #OpBigBrother please enjoy filebox.com/ctfnbztm6hcl | Full install…
Category: Breach Incidents
SC bill: Protect credit for 10 years in wake of SCDOR hack
Andrew Shain reports: A bill, approved Tuesday by a state Senate committee, would offer credit-fraud protection for 10 years to S.C. taxpayers and others after hackers stole information belonging to 6.4 million consumers, children and businesses from the S.C. Department of Revenue last fall. The bill now goes to the full Senate. […] The bill…
Montreal Police officers’ and undercover agents’ information dumped on Dropbox
Laura Casella reports: There has been an apparent security breach at the Montreal police department. Hackers have released a large amount of confidential files. […] The files are filled with personal information about the SPVM [Service de police de la Ville de Montréal]. What looks to be the most worrisome is a file containing the…
Jewish Life TV Hacked, Administrator Credentials and Email List Leaked
A few weeks ago a hacker using the handle @Phr0zenM had announced an attack on the Australian based ABC website which had left over 50,000 personal credentials leaked. Today they have announced an attack on the Jewish Life TV (JLTV) Website which has left a small amount of administrator accounts and a heap of emails from what appears…
DOE reveals data disclosure involving 12,000 workers
It’s been a rough few days for governmental agencies, it seems. First it was the GSA breach, and now DOE. Bob Pavey reports: Federal authorities are investigating a security breach in which personal information from at least 12,000 Savannah River Site workers was compromised last month. “Initial indications are that this disclosure was not the…
Xbox Entertainment Awards blighted by security breach
Ben Parfitt reports: Microsoft has this morning been hit by a security breach of its Xbox Entertainment Awards 2013 service. MCV was contacted by a reader with a link to a page that appeared to list all those who had voted and therefore been entered into the prize draw. The data included names, gamertags, emails…