Turkish Ajan hacker group has been at it again this time attacking the official Renault Argentina website (https://www.renault.com.ar/). The attack has been carried out by member @xXM3HM3TXx who announced the attack via email and social media. > Renault Argentina Hacked ! 37.000 account,goo.gl/Xqo1m goo.gl/EW1KW @eduardkovacs @cyber_war_news @zer0security #hack — TurkishAjan Official (@TurkishAjan) January 24, 2013 Renault…
Category: Breach Incidents
35+ further Australian sites hacked by Mr. Domoz
Australian based business and company’s have come under attack from a hacker using the handle Mr. Domoz. The attacks have happened over a few weeks and so far total over 90 Australian based domains being hacked and left defaced. More recently Mr. Domoz has uploaded a further 30 more sites over the past few days. these sites range from small company’s to government…
Minnesota resident sues state agency and employee over breach involving driver’s license database
A Minnesota resident, Jeffrey Ness, has filed a potential class action lawsuit against the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Department of Public Safety after a DNR employee exceeded authorized access and accessed about 5,000 residents’ driver’s license information. The employee was terminated but the motive for the improper access was not disclosed. In the lawsuit filed…
Rex Mundi attempts to get Buy Way to pay EUR 20,000 to prevent data leak
A hacker using the handle Rex Mundi @RexMundi_Anon has been making headlines over the past months with attacks on high profile company’s One thing that has been common for Al these attacks is the fact Rex mundi demands large amounts of money to prevent the data being leaked and gives company’s anywhere between 7-21 days notice. Some of the recent…
britam defence hacked, confidential documents leaked, site offline
Update: Full report here A British defence company has been breached and as a result a heap of documents have been published online and now the site has gone offline. The attack is on britam defence (https://www.britamdefence.com/) and has been claimed by a hacker using the handle JAsIrX who uploaded the leaked information to various file sharing websites and released it via…
E-number spreadsheet with Eastern Illinois University student data leaked
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…