Earlier today hacker @0x00x00 announced an attack on the City of Newark, New Jersey website (www.ci.newark.nj.us) which has resulted in over 3000 user credentials being leaked. The attack was announced via twitter and posted to pastebin. The website is the main website for Newark and contains a heap of information and basic news services for people interested in the Newark area….
Category: Breach Incidents
Hacked FBI notebook reveals over 12,000,000 iPhone users’ details – Anonymous (updated to include FBI denial)
David Gilbert reports: A post on Pastebin claims that during the second week of March 2012, a Dell Vostro laptop used by FBI Supervisor Special Agent Christopher K. Stangl (seen above in a video calling for computer science graduates to work with the FBI) was breached. The group claims it found a file on the computer’s desktop – labelledNCFTA_iOS_devices_intel.csv…
Glasgow City Council slammed for losing 700 computers
Kathleen Hall reports: Glasgow City Council has been slammed for losing more than 700 laptops and PCs in a probe into the body’s security malpractice. The council has lost 256 unencrypted laptops and nearly 450 PCs. It also has a further 541 unencrypted laptops, according to an audit report. The news follows the theft of…
Cyber threats 2012 by Utah Government List #NullCrew
It has come to our attention that one of the hacker groups we have been covering over the past weeks has been listed as a cyber threat by Utah government in its latest briefing. <object data=" <a href=" https:="" target="_blank">source They have also been mentioned in a recent document by the DHS, its on page…
Sony Mobile Hacked, Data Leaked by #NullCrew
Hacker group #NullCrew aka @OfficialNull has just announced a leak of data that has been obtained after they have compromised the database of Sony’s mobile based website (www.sonymobile.com). SONY Hacked: https://pastebin.com/GiXgB6aT @YourAnonNews @BreakTheSec@TheHackersNews @AnonOpsSweden@AnonHackNews @Cyber_War_News@TruthIzSexy They announced the leak via twitter and it was posted to pastebin and contains the following statement to Sony in which they claim to have control to a further 8…
NG: SSS official laments security breach
Emmanuel Okubenji reports: A senior intelligence official of [Nigeria’s] State Security service (SSS) has that the lives of officers and those of their families have been put at risk. Following the leak of personal data of more than 60 past and current employees of the SSS on the Internet, the official added that two SSS…