Stewart Mitchell reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office is looking into complaints over a privacy breach on the consultation on web porn blocking launched yesterday on the Department of Education’s website. The department’s entire consultation page is currently down, cutting into the ten-week window for posting opinions on whether adult sites should be filtered by default….
Category: Breach Incidents
AU: Alert over hotel privacy
Hannah Martin reports: Consumer action groups are warning companies to take better care of client information after a Hobart hotel breached the privacy of more than 600 guests. Quest Trinity apartments blamed a “glitch” in their email system for sending out promotional material that revealed the contact details of their guests. Recipients were not blind…
Anti Virus Giant Trendmicro & Sykes Hacked, Hundreds of Emails Dumped By @OfficialComrade
Another major player in the anti virus game has been hacked and as a result of a proof of concept @OfficialComrade (.c0mrade) has dumped a huge load of emails. The attack which also effects Sykes, who which trendmicro appears to run support services through, has been effected as well. The attack was announced on .c0mrades…
Sites not fixed 5 days after being hacked by k9 Network Cyber Army
A k9 Network Cyber Army Member has contacted us a few days ago with a few sites that were hacked and left defaced. The member Mahesh contacted us via email with a list of 19websites that have been attacked and defaced. Now while we normally do not cover small mass defacement’s, this one has a twist. We…
Bangkok Cell Towers Exploited By .c0mrade
@OfficialComrade has been at it again, this time gaining access to bangkoks cell towers. The exploit was announced yesterday via twitter. Nasir Bin Olu @OfficialComrade Cell Towers in Bangkok – https://pastebin.com/jWwkTak1 –@Cyber_War_News @BreakTheSec @DiabloAnon@TheHackersNews The exploit release was posted to pastebin with the following message to in relation to the recent carding scams. Hello, folks. I want to start off…
Time line: .c0mrade aka @OfficialComrade Spree of Hacking, Exploits & Data Leaks
Over the past month or so there has been a relatively new player in the social hacker scene, his name is .c0mrade or @OfficialComrade and he likes to attack high profile targets that have critical exploits. Over the weeks we have seen him attack everything from radio systems to airports, banks and even shops cashier systems….