A group of hackers who are going by the handle NullCrew have earlier today released a dump of data that comes from the League of Nations Health Organization website (who.int). The leak was posted to pastebin and contains a message from NullCrew as well as a dump of 546 accounts that are in the format of username,…
Category: Breach Incidents
450k Emails and Passwords leaked from Yahoo Voice by d33ds
A hacker group going by the name of d33ds has claimed to of hacked a yahoo voice subdomain which has resulted in a database being obtained. The database that has been taken appears to be in SQL format with a note in the leak suggesting that SQLi was used as a method of attack but…
Follow-up: Regulators criticize NYSEG for computer security breach
Remember the breach reported by New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) back in January? Jeff Platsky reports the results of an investigation into the utilities’ security: A potential data breach at New York State Electric & Gas Corp. not only drew the ire of customers but is now…
Phandroid Forum reports breach, urges password reset
Posted to the Phandroid Forum on July 10: I have some unfortunate news to pass along. Yesterday I was informed by our sever/developer team that the server hosting androidforums.com was compromised and the website’s database was accessed. While the breach is most likely harmless there are important and potential pitfalls, and we want to provide…
Filesharing Admin Arrested for Selling User Database
From Torrent Freak: Italian police have arrested the 49-old operator of a handful of file-sharing sites that were previously shut down. The man, known online under the pseudonym “Tex Willer”, allegedly made over half a million euros profit from the sites. Besides copyright infringement, tax evasion, forgery and fraud, he is also accused of selling…
Update: Teenager charged in Eugene school data breach
Susan Palmer reports an update to a previously noted breach: Eugene police have arrested a teenage suspect on suspicion of hacking into the Eugene School District’s computer system in a June incident that potentially compromised thousands of student records and sent parents on a scramble to make sure their children did not become victims of…