Anonymous Operation OpColtan and @OpGreenRights has been going for some time now with some high profile targets like Intel already being attacked. Today Anonymous have announced another attack in the name of this operation and this time its on a Manufacturer and Supplier of Electronic Components AVX Corporation (www.avx.com). Anonymous @OpGreenRights LEAKS #OpColtan AVX HACKED – a…
Category: Breach Incidents
Update, Further information from Massive leak by @TeamGhostShell
Yesterday was a busy day for us, we processed well over 100 different sites that had been breached and many of these breaches contain administration or client information. Today we had a quick talk with @TeamGhostShell about this attack just to confirm a few things. The websites that were attacked were all the lowerend/less important…
GlobalCerts hacked, data leaked by #Anonymous
A high profile information security company GlobalCerts.net has been hacked and had a large amount of data leaked via pastebin. GlobalCerts specializes in data and information security but it would appear they do not practice what they sell with their websites database being hacked and well over 1000 clients details now leaked. GlobalCerts provides a comprehensive…
British MP Peter Hain’s website defaced by #Anonymous for #OpFreeAssange
Over the past week anonymous hacktivist have been alot more vocal and active over the whole case about Julian assange. One of the most recent attacks have left a British MP’s website hacked and defaced after anonymous hacker obtained full access to it. The MP is Peter Hain and his website is peterhain.org and hack has left a completely new article…
CIA, MIT, Governments, businesses, 100+ sites hacked & accounts leaked
Its that time again where @TeamGhostShell releases a huge amount of websites that have been hacked as well as a load of data that goes along with it. The announcement was made via twitter on saturday by the main @TeamGhostShell account and the main leak file contains a messages as well as a huge list of related links on various…
Data Breach at New York Utility Prompts Enforcement Action and Industry-Wide Data Security Review
Boris Segalis and Nihar Shah provide some follow-up to a data security breach at New York State Electric & Gas and Rochester Gas and Electric that was disclosed in January. As I noted in July, regulators criticized NYSEG over the breach that had affected 1.8 million. Segalis and Shah write: The Commission subsequently issued an “Order Directing…