@s3rverexe has been at it again, hacking another Australian government website. This time its the south Australian department of educations online learning suite website. the hack has result in leaked accounts and personal information from users of the suite. Now while the attack doesn’t really expose critical data, it does show that our Australian schooling systems are lacking security and something really needs to be done…
Category: Breach Incidents
hackcommunity.com website destroyed by @s3rverexe
In what was a personal attack @s3rverexe has taken down a hacking forum know as hackcommunity,com. The attack which happened at the start of may really comes down to the skills of the forums host, hostgator and s3rverexe getting angry at stuff that was being said about his attacks on the forum. @s3rverexe claims to of…
Washington Military Department Hacked & Data Leaked by @le4ky
Another American government website has come under attack from hackers, this time its the Washington Military Departments website (https://mil.wa.gov/). The attack which comes from @le4ky who first tweeted, Its about time to release some new #Governmental Leaks. Get ready for some more #Lulz" followed by the announcement of the leak a few hours later > "#Washington State Military hacked –…
IA: Error in Warren County exposes thousands to possible ID theft
Lee Rood reports: The state on Friday notified about 3,000 Warren County residents that there was a slight chance that identity records may have been exposed after a December fire and waste-handling error two months later. The fire destroyed the Warren County-owned human services office in Indianola early on the morning of Dec. 4, 2011….
AZ: Passerby finds hundreds of documents with personal info in dumpster
Lindsey Reiser reports: Preston Brooker was walking his dog when he saw a dumpster overflowing with papers in an old LA Fitness parking lot. When he looked closer, he saw they weren’t your average photocopies. They were old gym memberships, with credit card information, Social Security numbers, addresses and other info. “This is a violation…
York County knew of breach in August 2011 but is first notifying people now??
Yesterday I posted a hack to DataLossDB involving York County, SC based on a news report. Today, I saw another news report and that the first report had been updated. Significantly (to me, anyway), the first report now reads: County officials discovered the intrusion during routine maintenance on Aug. 29, 2011, he said. The server…