It seems that the University of North Carolina has had yet another data breach. And although the breach was discovered in May, it took about 7 months for those affected to be notified. Jane Stancill reports: Some 3,500 people had their personal information exposed when hackers hit two servers of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer…
Category: Breach Incidents
20,000 Credentials Leaked from Association of Irish Festival Events
A hacker who was recently using the handle @DarkWebGoons has announced a leak of credentials from The Association of Irish Festival Events website (www.aoifeonline.com) after it was breached. The leak was announced on twitter and posted to the DarkWebGoons website in the format of a txt file. > aoifeonline.net #Leaked #100% By #DWG [20k credentials]- darkwebgoons.net/data/associati……
Jefferson County Sheriff Taken offline
Over the past weeks there has been an on going operation in Ohio that has got the attention of police finally. But the attention it has got is the wrong type and now the police, well a single sheriff has taken it upon himself to "hunt down" anonymous and KnightSec. As a result of this some hacktivist got together and…
When is “an excess of caution” not excessive?
Over on DataLossDB.org, I was entering a security breach notification sent by Atlanta-based Oldcastle APG, Inc. They had informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop containing over 5,000 employees’ names, Social Security numbers, and bank account information had been stolen from an employee’s car. As required by the state. they had attached a…
51 Sites Defaced, PSF.gov.pk Hacked & data leaked
**Note: ***You may also notice a range of names being used in these attacks which is raising some questions. At time of publishing Vanda declined to talk about these attacks. Some of the names are past known people such as LulzPirate and CosmotheGod.*Its clear this isn’t Cosmo so it only leaves one other option. A hacker using the handle @VandaTheGod…
DHS, Study in the States Hacked & Data Leaked By @OfficialNull
@OfficialNull has come back to the public light today with an attack on a DHS sub domain (https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/) for the Study in the states websites. > The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched the Study in the Statesinitiative to enhance our nation’s economic, scientific and technological competitiveness by finding new ways to encourage the most talented…