And yet again: A resident contacted Target 11 saying he had discovered boxes of documents from a non-profit development agency in the West End of Pittsburgh. He said the documents, including names and Social Security numbers, were sitting right out in the open next to a dumpster on a public sidewalk. “They contained people’s Social Security numbers, row…
Category: Breach Incidents
A preview of SCDOR’s breach notification letter to those affected
South Carolina submitted a copy of the letter it will be sending out to the California Attorney General’s Office. You can read it here (pdf).
More details on the Pepperdine University breach
A spokesperson for the university sent me the following statement, dated December 7, on the recently disclosed breach involving the theft of a laptop from an employee’s car on November 10: Pepperdine University officials were notified that restricted information of current and former employees, including students, might have been compromised through a stolen University laptop…
IT Security Service Provider Data Defence Hacked
A Self claimed leading IT security service website has become victim to hacking after hackers from a crew going by the handle @TheCrowsCrew gained access and left the site (https://www.datadefence.com/) with a new main page. The attack has happened within the last few hours and was carried out by the crows crew member @catalyst71_RJA and it…
100 Sites defaced by @UGBrazil
Hacker collective @UGBrazil has been hacking and defacing websites all weekend with regular postings via twitter. They have just now released a complete list of all sites breached which totals 100. The hack has left the sites with a new page with the Nyan Cat style in the background and a few links to the…
#OpIsrael Attack Updates 20+ further sites hacked
If you have not heard it by now, hacktivist from all around the globe are taking sights to Israel for the recent air raids and attacks on gaza strip. The amount of sites that are being defaced are mounting up very fast with at least another 19 sites over the past few days have ended…