From BBC: The Information Commissioner’s office says it has been informed about the serious data protection breach involving a helpline charity in Derry. Contact NI, which runs the Lifeline service, confirmed the identities of up to 20 people who contacted the service were clearly visible on some of the confidential documents that were found in…
Category: Breach Incidents
Uganda, kaabong District website hacked, accounts leaked by #DoktorBass
Anonymous australia hacktivist doktorbass has been making a name for themselves over the last few with many attacks on different targets. Last week however they attacked a womens rights website then had remose over the attack. Yesterday #Doktorbass has released another hack, this time with sights set on a Uganda based government website that is…
Tehran Water Company Hacked, Defaced by yourikan
Today we got contacted by a hacker using the handle youkin who alerted us to an attack that was on thew Tehran water company website. The site https://www.tw.org.ir was first attacked on its main news page and then a 2nd attack was carried out on its main news page which has since been removed and now returning…
Swiss Confirm Falciani Arrest in Spain Over HSBC Data Theft
Neil MacLucas of Dow Jones Newswires reports: Switzerland has confirmed the arrest in Spain of Herve Falciani and are now seeking extradition of the Italian-French citizen being sought by police in connection with the theft of customer data from the Geneva branch of HSBC Private Bank. […] Copies of the HSBC data, which lists the…
Florida Tax Preparer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
Ernst Pierre, a Port St. Lucie, Fla., tax preparer, was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced. Pierre was charged with a scheme to file false federal income tax returns using stolen identity information. Pierre…
Gamigo breach exposed 8.24 million passwords, and now they’re public
JR Brookwalter reports: Gamigo, an online game publisher based in Germany, was the subject of a security breach back in late February – but apparently, the worse was yet to come. After notifying its customers about the security breach back on March 1 via email, the email addresses and encrypted passwords of all 8.24 million…