I spend a lot of time criticizing breach notifications, so it’s nice when I can occasionally point to a positive example. Without considering whether the breach could have been prevented, consider this notification letter from Nationwide Insurance, dated November 16: We want to make you aware that a portion of our computer network was criminally…
Category: Breach Incidents
Jerusalem College of Engineering hacked by @VenomSec
Hacker collective @VenomSec has dumped a leak of data that comes from the Jerusalem College of Engineering (jerusalemengg.ac.in). The attack was announced on twitter and posted to pastebin. The leak file contains database information as well as a table of 900+ student credentials that contain usernames and encrypted passwords. The breach is not apart of the on…
Town of Bertioga hacked, 6000+ clear text account credentials leaked
The Brazil government has come under attack from a hacker using the handle JUMP!N PROXY. The attack has been aimed at the town of Bertioga’s website (https://www.bertioga.sp.gov.br) which hosts information and links to services for the local town area. The leak was posted to pastebin in two parts and contains usernames/emails and a clear text passwords….
Anonymous all out assault for #OpIsrael leaves sites hacked, defaced and leaked
Over the past few days anonymous hacktivist have been attacking all Israel based websites, servers and databases. So far the attack has left hundreds of sites defaced. As well as the defacing a lot of the sites are now having the database deleted, which if they have backups is really not worth the time and trouble the…
Uganda Government attacked by @DoktorBass
Australian hacktivist @DoktorBass has released a small amount of Uganda government sites that have been hacked and had administration logins leaked on pastebin. The attack comes with a message and reason which is relation to the proposal of a gay rights bill "Uganda’s controversial "kill the gays" bill is on track to be passed by the end of the year….
100+ Sites hacked for #OpIsrael after day 2
Just 2days in to a new anonymous operation against Israel for the on going attacks against Palestine there have been over 100 sites hacked by various hackers. So far most of the hacking and attacks are in the form of defacing or DDoS attacks with web hives.AS well as these attacks anonymous hacktivist and telecomix have been working hard at…