Iran power company Niroo Research Institute has been hacked by hacker using the handle yourikan who in the past has attacked the Tehran water center. The hack happened a few days ago and ever since yourkan has been leaking its data to media resources before posting it all online for the world to see. The leaked data only contains…
Category: Breach Incidents
NZ: Report: Systemic weaknesses at ACC
Adam Bennett and Kate Shuttleworth report: Bronwyn Pullar, the woman at the centre of a massive privacy scandal at ACC is “delighted” with an independent report into the affair that identified “systemic weakness” in the way the corporation handled private client data. The report by former Australian Privacy Commissioner Malcolm and accountancy firm KPMG released…
SBCSC computer glitch may have caused security breach
Jenn Zellers reports that a computer glitch experienced by the South Bend Community School Corporation in Indiana exposed some employees’ Social Security numbers: The district says when it changed student management systems, some employee social security numbers accidentally transferred over. According to the district, the numbers could only be seen by employees being trained on…
Some Bellacor customers who ordered online notified of security breach
Home lighting and furnishings retailer Bellacor has notified some of its web site customers of a recent breach. In their letter , a copy of which was posted on California’s breach report site, President and CEO James Lawrence informed those affected that their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and encrypted credit card numbers with security codes…
Woman sentenced in $9 million ATM hacking
A participant in the November, 2008 WorldPay hack that resulted in $9 million run on ATM machines was just sentenced this week. Read about it on AJC.
OR: Former Key Bank manager sentenced to 30 mos. for fraud and identity theft
Here’s an update to a previously noted insider breach involving a manager at the Thurston branch of Key Bank: KVAL reports Randy Mainwaring was sentenced to 30 months in prison for bank fraud and identity theft.