Two hackers have released a list of sites that have been recently attacked and left defaced. The two going by the names Pr4th4m & Jaguar claim the reason for these attacks as "This Hacked for the revenge of 13 July 2011 Terrorist attack by Pakistan on INDIA". The attacked sites all appear to have a common defacing which…
Category: Breach Incidents
Formspring Also victim to hackers leaking data after being hacked via dev site
Yet another website has come out this month and announced that they are investigating a breach which has resulted in leaked data. The company is Formspring and this come as Yahoo, Nvidia and other high profile targets have been hacked. Formspring is the place where you can share your perspective on anything. Members express their…
Nvidia shuts down forums after suspicious activity
Nvidia has recently joined a whole heap of other huge name websites that have been effected by hackers this year. On July 12th Nvidia released the following statement and a week prior to that they had disabled the forums. The below statement is claiming that Nvidia has detected suspicious activity within the forums and has noted…
216 Sites hacked & defaced by Pakistani hacker hcrack2
A Pakistani based hacker has taken sights to 216 websites that have been left defaced after being hacked. The attacks come from hcrack2 who is supporting the "Sharp-cyber group" in his message. The defacement doesn’t really have any particular message but it shows that hackers from that part of the world are continuing to attack other countries via cyber space. The attacks are not main…
FTC Action Against Wyndham May Provide First Fully Litigated Section 5 Privacy/Security Case
Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection has a commentary on the FTC’s lawsuit against Wyndham (mentioned previously on this blog): On June 26, the FTC filed a complaint against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, a global hotel and resort company, and three of its subsidiaries for violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. If this case goes to…
NVIDIA Forums Hacked, User Data Compromised
Tarun Raju reports: Late Thursday, NVIDIA deactivated its user forums (forums.nvidia.com) on the company website, citing security reasons. According to the company, a security breach was discovered (the forums website was hacked). Critical user data may have been compromised (stolen). Even as investigations into the breach are underway, the company ascertained that the hackers gained…