Chacour Koop reports: The grade point averages of 430 students were released to 65 students about two and a half weeks ago, which is a violation of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Robert Miller, Eastern’s general counsel, has refused to comment on the violations. Sue Harvey, Eastern’s registrar and FERPA officer, has…
Category: Breach Incidents
Sony fined £250,000 after millions of UK gamers’ details compromised in 2011 Playstation hack
It was one of the biggest hacks of 2011 from a media standpoint, and at least some of those involved were subsequently arrested. But Sony’s woes from the hack are not over and it has now been hit with the biggest monetary penalty ever issued by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office for a data breach….
53,303 User Credentials Leaked from ezycoupons
A new Zealand based coupon website has been breached and as a result 53,303 Client details are now released to the public The site is ezycoupons.co.nz and it appears to be part of a chain of similar sites which offer deals and vouchers from New Zealand based company’s and business. The leak was announced by hacker @nrtnz who appears to…
The Extortionist, Drake International Leak Data Insight
On the 8th January well known extortion hacker Rex Mundi @RexMundi_Anon announced an attack on Drake International (drakeintl.com). In this attack Rex has demanded 50k to prevent the release of client information. Since then Drake has confirmed this attack, Toronto police have started an official investigation and Rex Mundi has announced yet another up coming leak today….
Official Microsoft Europe Tango Down Claim by @AnonSquadNo035
An Official Microsoft website (https://www.microsoft.eu/) for Europe appears to be having struggles loading and hackers have made claim to this. The claims appear to first come from Anonymous Squad 35 @AnonSquadNo035 who announced the attack on facebook and twitter. > Tangodown – > microsoft.eumicrosofteurope.eumicrosoft-test.zn4.be microsofteurope.eu lulz ^_^… fb.me/20PmBLkHA — AnonymousSquadNo.035 (@AnonSquadNo035) January 23, 2013 At time of publishing the…
Tunisian-Canadian Chamber of commerce Hacked, Credentials Leaked
Hacker @XTnR3v0LT has been on a hacking rampage over the past few months with 222 sites hacked and data leaked from all so far. One of the most recent attacks is on the Tunisian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce site (https://www.cctnca.com). The Tunisian-Canadian Chamber of commerce was founded at the end of 2001 with the aim of promoting economic relations between…