2012 has introduced many new hacker collectives to the scene but one has been making headlines more so then a lot of the others. Null Crew or otherwise known as @OfficialNull on twitter has been on a hacking rampage for a few months now that has had high profile and controversial targets in its sights. The american government has also been paying attention…
Category: Breach Incidents
US Government hacked by NullCrew, Thousands of administrator credentials leaked
Yesterday we posted a small article that was a preview to an upcoming leak from hacker collective NullCrew. We got tipped off to this attack by NullCrew member @0rbit_g1rl who sent us some previews of data and targets that had been attacked. Today the @OfficialNull twitter account has made an announcement that the leak has…
NZ: Inland Revenue Department has had 32 privacy breaches in the past year.
ONE News in New Zealand reveals a government department has had a series of privacy breaches. Following soon after the breach involving the Ministry of Social Development, reports of inadequate data protection involving the Inland Revenue Department are just what the government doesn’t need. Even worse, the department is getting a black eye in the press for…
Choices.edu hacked 8,000+ accounts leaked
A hacker using the handle Sl3nd3r posted a brief dump a few months ago that came from the databases of the Choices.edu server. In that dump was about 1,000 accounts with encrypted passwords and a message that stated more would be coming soon, that paste has since been removed. Today we have discovered that 9 furthers…
Red Cross Thailand Hacked, Defaced, Administration Accounts Leaked
Turkish Agent Hacker Group member Maxney (@maxn3y) has just contacted us with an attack on the Red Cross’s Thailand website and 7 of its domains and database. The attack is redcross.or.th and seven of its subdomains some of which have already been restored. The attack gave Maxney access to 42 databases for the complete red cross Thailand server. Over…
SC: Vincent Sheheen Calls Data Hack News Delay Unacceptable
Is this just for political purposes or do these comments from South Carolina State Senator Vincent Sheheen really reflect his views on the timeliness of notification: “For Governor Haley and her administration to withhold news from us for sixteen days that our personal identity information has been stolen from state computers is completely unacceptable. And…