Here’s another notification letter submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office that left me scratching my head. It’s from the law firm of Sprechman & Associates, P.A. in Miami, a firm that specializes in collections. My comments and questions are inserted in italics: Dear XXXXXX: I am writing to advise you that your personally identifiable information…
Category: Breach Incidents
English Defence League Hacked, Defaced By ZHC
![150px-edl_log_aug_2011](https://www.cyberwarnews.info/content/images/gallery/edl/150px-edl_log_aug_2011.jpg)The English Defense league ([https://englishdefenceleague.org/](https://englishdefenceleague.org/)) has come under major attack by hackers from the well known group ZHC who has for a long time now been fighting for freedom. The attack has been carried out some time in the last 24hrs and is still defaced at time of publishing but whats more interesting is that it would…
UGNAZI Hacker Cosmo Banned From Internet for 6 years
Media website wired has reported that UGNAZI "Leader" @CosmoTheGod has finally been sentenced for the attacks he carried out while flying the UGNAZI flags around the interwebs. Wired reports that Cosmo who is 15yo has pleaded guilty to all charges and is now facing a 6 year ban from using the Internet. Over the coarse of a few…
Amazon UK Hacked, 600+ credentials leaked by @DARWINARE
A hacker who uses the twitter handle @DARWINARE has just announced a data leak that comes from one of the biggest sites on the Internet Amazon. The attack is on the UK branch of web giant Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/) and has been announced on twitter. ║█║▌║█║▌│║▌ @DARWINARE 628 https://www.amazon.co.uk Customers Info,User ID’s,PW’s & DB’s Leaked https://pastebin.com/v1ymgsxF @Cyber_War_News…
Za: PayGate confirms credit breach
Bianca Capazorio reports on a payment processor breach in South Africa that occurred back in August but is first being acknowledged this week by the firm, PayGate: The Payments Association of SA (Pasa) said on Friday that “the card data emanating from these online transactions seems to have been stored in a manner which does…
KIA, Toyota, Azerbaijan Airlines, Pizza hut attacked for #OpLeak
A hacker using the handle @XTnR3v0LT who is apart of the hacker collective xLegion Hackers has been carrying out an cyber attack on many different websites in a operation that has been dubbed #OpLeak and was aiming to leak 50 databases to prove how weak security is but has since moved on to 1000 databases. Some of the most recent leaks…