Some of what I’m reading this morning while working on my first cup of coffee: I was surprised to read that the Department of Defense is involved in notifying military members and families who paid state income taxes in South Carolina about the massive SC Department of Revenue breach. Does the DOD normally get involved…
Category: Breach Incidents
Thai Travel Center Hacked, 1400 user credentials leaked
Hacker collective Grey Security, @Gsec_ yesterday released a dump of accounts from the Thai Travel Center website (https://www.thaitravelcenter.com) which hosts a bunch of services and information aimed at helping out people who are travelling around Thailand. The leak has been announced on twitter and posted to pastebin. > Grey Security @gsec_ Thai Travel Center #OWNED – https://pastebin.com/FFUEQshh –#ForTehLulz? #GSecsBackBitch. @TruthIzSexy @Cyber_War_News@An0nPun1shm3nt the leaked…
More on the Wounded Warrior Project laptops theft
Back in September, I noted that a burglary at Wounded Warrior Project’s Jacksonville headquarters may have compromised some employees’ information. WWP’s notification to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office is now available online, and so we now have some additional details: Information on the stolen laptops included employees’ names, addresses, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, dates…
AZ: Public printing of court documents halted due to security breach
Scott Orr reports: Citing a security breach in a software update, Sandra K. Markham, clerk of Yavapai County Superior Court, on Monday ordered that the ability to print documents from public-access court document computer terminals be shut down. “One of my clerks was being an investigator, and she just tried to see if something he…
UK: Kind charity raided in break-in and computer stolen
Jonathan Collinson reports: A computer containing vital information needed to help deprived families in Liverpool was stolen from a children’s charity. Police officers were called to the Kind charity offices in Back Canning Street, in the city centre, to a report that a window had been broken and a computer stolen from inside Read more…
Romanian authorities dismantle cybercrime ring responsible for $25 million credit card fraud
I wonder how many breaches this bust clears up? For IDG News Service, Lucian Constantin reports: Romanian law enforcement authorities have dismantled a criminal group that stole credit card data from foreign companies as part of an operation that resulted in fraudulent transactions totaling US$25 million. […] According to DIICOT, the group’s members gained unauthorized…