Kris Van Cleave reports a breach involving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority web site: Metro officials say that they’re working diligently to fix a security breach on their website that potentially allowed a person to access the personal information of anyone who has applied for a job with WMATA. That data could be accessed…
Category: Breach Incidents
Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business
Darren Pauli reports: An Eastern European crime syndicate has hacked into a small Australian business and stolen details of half a million credit cards from the company’s network. It was suspected the attack could result in more than $25 million in fraudulent transactions. The Australian Federal Police, together with foreign national law enforcement agencies, are…
Council reassures staff following data breach
Here come another fine. Southern Reporter reports a council has been given notice of a fine after 676 employee records were improperly disposed of in September 2011: SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL is facing a major fine for data breaches after hundreds of pension records were sent for recycling. However, the council has reassured staff it is…
Australia: Access Group Solutions Hacked, Data leaked by #DoktorBass
A private company who provides various services for Australian based company’s has been hacked and had a dumped of user account details leaked. The company is Access Group Solutions (https://www.accessgroupsolutions.com.au) and they specialize in facility management, security services, clean, property maintenance and more. The attack comes from Australian hacker #DoktorBass and was posted to pastebin. The leak it self…
STRATFOR Events and Effects
The following is a time line of events from the Stratfor attack by Anonymous and related information. 25th Dec 2011 Anonymous attack stratfor. Article 26th Dec 2011 Spending spree of stolen money from Stratfor clients. Article Load of credit card details leaked from Stratfor clients. Article Stratfor Exposed as liars in their privacy policy. Article Third Party Security Company hire…
Sega Japan Warns of SEGA ID Security Breach
Tristan Oliver writes: Special Correspondent Shayne Edwards of SonicRadio.Net alerted TSSZ to a security alert issued by Sega of Japan today for users of the SEGA ID system. The E-Mail, in Japanese, confirms attempts by “a malicious third party” to login to numerous SEGA ID accounts. It is not clear how the compromise happened, or what, if…