Jeffrey Collins of Associated Press reports: The Department of Revenue was more concerned with keeping employees from accessing news, sports and social media websites on their work computers than protecting taxpayer data like Social Security numbers, a former computer security chief at the agency said Thursday. Read more on Aiken Standard. Tim Smith of Greenville…
Category: Breach Incidents
34 Pakistan Sites Defaced By Afghan Cyber Army
A hacker from the collective Afghan Cyber Army who uses the handle Afghan hex has breached 34 Pakistan sites and left them defaced. The attack comes as a message to the Pakistan government and not an attack at any other hackers as in the past. The defacement was similar on all 34 sites that have been…
34 Australian, 28 Uganda Sites Hacked & Defaced
So far 2013 has been very busy with hackers releasing leaks and defacing websites almost non stop for the past few days. A hacker using the handle Mr. Domoz has recently attacked and left defaced a bunch of Australian and Uganda based websites. Some of the Australian based websites are actually local small business and government…
49,869 Voter Personal Details leaked from Steubenville City
A hacker who uses the handle @Anon_Acid has released what appears to be the complete listing of residents from Steubenville City, Ohio in the name of OpRollRedRoll. > @0p_rollredroll #OpRollRedRoll ‘via'[pastebin.com/Pf6HMATe] ~ Steubenville,Ohio records @youranonnews @anonopslegion @wtfrly @thehackersnews — AnonAcid (@Anon_Acid) January 3, 2013 OpRollRedRoll Was kicked off a few weeks ago after a some players from…
NASA Database Hacked By @D35m0nd142
Hacker @D35m0nd142 has today announced a breach on a NASA sub domain server that has allowed access to the sites databases. The attack is on the Goddard Space Center Science sub domain (https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov) which provides details about the Science that is going on at the center and the results and information that are a result of this…
Official WWF China Hacked, 80,000 Accounts Leaked
The official WWF for china has come under the sights of a hacker who was apart of the recent hacker collective GSec (Grey Security). The attack is on wwfchina.org and was carried out by @INST1NCT_ and announced on twitter. > @cyber_war_news World Wildlife Foundation, China – #Hacked By DarkWeb Goons. 80k+ user credentials released! darkwebgoons.totalh.net/leaks/wwf_db.t……