From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: The organisation which left thousands of pieces of personal data unsecured on a laptop stolen from Glasgow City Council could be given control of key council buildings. ACCESS was responsible for issuing unencrypted laptops against council policy on over 160 occasions earlier this year, according to a damning report by the…
Category: Breach Incidents
FTC Files Complaint Against Wyndham Hotels For Failure to Protect Consumers’ Personal Information
Woo hoo. I had such a headache trying to sort out Wyndham’s breaches (see previous blog entries on Wyndham) and was concerned that at least one state had removed their notification from public view on the state’s web site because Wyndham had asked that it be treated as confidential. Now it seems the FTC has…
Uganda Sites Attacked, Defaced By GSec
Another twitter based crew @_GSec which is compromised of a few hackers we follow have taken sights to a heap of Uganda based servers/sites and as a result they have been left defaced or taken offline. Our Logic & Reason; As you may tell by now, #OpFuckUganda is going and full blown. The reasoning behind these multiple defaced…
San Jose State University Hacked, Data Leaked by @RuneGoldTrim
Twitter user @RuneGoldTrim has announced and alerted us to a release of a database from the (https://as.sjsu.edu) San Jose State University. The announcement came not to long ago and the attack appears to be carried out via a SQLi in the jsp file system. S1ngularity @RuneGoldTrim https://as.sjsu.edu dumped!! Check it out here:https://pastebay.net/1066032 Logins, numbers, emails, & more!!@Cyber_War_News @hacktalkblog The leak…
OH: Towards Employment warns clients of data breach, possible identity theft
Robert Schoenberger reports: Towards Employment, a Cleveland non-profit agency that has helped more than 100,000 low-income residents and ex-convicts find jobs over the past 36 years, is warning its clients that they are at risk for identity theft. Last month, a thief stole a Towards Employment laptop that held a database with the names, addresses and…
Australian Federal Police Issue Warnings to 6 Youths Over Cyber Activity
Over the past months we have seen Australia becoming a target for hackers, as well as this we have seen many young hackers surfacing from the suburbs around Australia. Today the Australian federal police have now confirmed that 6 youths from Sydney, Brisbane and Perth have been issued warnings over suspicious online activities. Now this is how it should be done,…