Hacker collective Gsec aka Grey Security has been absent from the scene over the past few weeks only to return with a dump of information from Syria Virtual University (https://www.svuonline.org). The attack has been announced via twitter on the main @gsec_ account with a link to leaked information posted on pastebin. Grey Security @gsec_ Intelligent Student…
Category: Breach Incidents
MeTV Hacked, Affiliates credentials leaked
A popular TV broadcasting network MeTV (https://metvnetwork.com/) has been hacked by a hacker we follow often @DARWINARE who recently has attacked and leaked data from UNSW, Amazon.uk and other high profile sites. > Me-TV (stylized as MeTV, and a backronymfor its on-air slogan "Memorable Entertainment Television") is an American broadcasttelevision network owned by Weigel Broadcasting and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1] that airs classic televisionsitcoms, dramas and classic commercials…
Dreamhost Breached, Server & client information leaked
A pastebin user using the handle Syst3mswt who is apart of warriors team SWT has posted a a dump of server information which appears to come from the well known and popular web hosting service Dream Host (https://www.dreamhost.com). > DreamHost is a Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar. It is the web hosting and cloud computing business owned byNew Dream…
Curb your enthusiasm!
Maybe one of the mantras of data protection should be “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” In 2009, Yankees fans enthusiastically threw papers out of the window during the team’s World Series celebratory parade through the Canyon of Heroes. The unshredded papers included files from A.L. Sarroff, Goldman Sachs, and the Bronx Supreme Court, as well as medical test…
Hannibal account leak proven as false
A few days ago we posted an article that made claims that over 1,000,000 account details had been leaked from a hacker using the handle Hannibal who claimed to leak the data in retaliation attack against anonymous hacktivist for operation Israel. IT has come to light today that this attack was never carried out, that the data was…
Oak River Insurance notifies 2,700 after employee disclosed workers’ compensation claims information
Noah Buhayar of Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports another insurance company has suffered a breach: Oak River Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A), asked clients to guard against identity theft after an employee released some of their personal information. The data are tied to about 2,700 workers’ compensation claimants who had spinal surgery…