Iran Kantor reports: The Boston Water and Sewer Commission has been informed that a contractor working to upgrade the Commission’s meter reading software is unable to locate a hard drive that may have contained the commission’s water and sewer account information, according to a letter sent out to residents earlier this month. The missing drive…
Category: Breach Incidents
Sony says 400 customer names, emails from mobile division leaked in China
Jay Alabaster reports: Sony said Thursday that hackers accessed about 400 names and email addresses of its mobile customers in China and Taiwan, but that no credit card or banking information was compromised. The company said it became aware of the hack several days after a message was posted on the popular text-sharing website Pastebin by a…
Official Siemens Taiwan Hacked, Defaced and Data Leaked
A hacker using the handle Maxney who is apart of the Turkish hacker group "Turkish Ajan Hacker Group" (www.turkishajan.com) has just tipped us off to an attack on an official Siemens Taiwan website that is dedicated for automation and drives. The hack has left the site subdomain www.ad.siemens.com.tw defaced with force viewing of the .html file which contains now real message besides a…
Apple: We Didn’t Give FBI Any Device IDs
John Paczkowski got a statement from Apple, denying that they provided the FBI with the database of device IDs: “The FBI has not requested this information from Apple, nor have we provided it to the FBI or any organization. Additionally, with iOS 6 we introduced a new set of APIs meant to replace the use…
61 Israeli Sites hacked by BD Grey Hat Hackers
A group of Bangladeshi hackers who use the name BD Grey Hat Hackers have attacked 61 Israeli sites in an recent attack. The defacement has a very clear message which states they have been hacked for the deaths of Muslims in Palestine, Burma and India-Bangladeshi border. At time of publishing some of the sites had been restored already. 1. https://abuilding.co.il/ 2. https://asaf-zilum.co.il/ 3. https://avi-ram.co.il/ 4….
PA: Hacker hands Barto manufacturer $190,000 loss
Anthony Orozco reports: A hacker broke into a Berks County manufacturer’s computer system and stole nearly $200,000, according to state police. The banking system at CWI Railroad System Specialists, a Barto company that manufactures train engine parts, was hacked last month, troopers said. The hacker entered the company’s system and issued payments to banks in…