Imperva, a security firm has released a document on anonymous activities over 2011 which have sparked a new operation agasint them. The document from Imperva makes strong claims it reveals the way anonymous has worked in the past by studying them over a very short period of time.
Category: Breach Incidents
LulzSec Returns? lol come on main media wake up!!!
A video has surfaced that main media seems to be picking up on, the video which claims that the infamous hacking group lulzsec is making a return. The video which was posted on the fawkessecurity youtube account sports some other interesting hash tags that have raised further questions. As for lulzsec coming back, we would like to remind…
Teboho Masoleng Sentenced to 15years for cyber crimes
At the start of the year south African police cracked down on a cyber gang who was in the process of stealing millions from hacked and phished bank accounts. As a result of this the first person has now been sentenced to serve 15years in jail for his part in the cyber crimes. In a report coming from a…
Pa. Firm Claims Ex-Partner Used Portable Drives to Steal Client Files
Gina Passarella reports on a case where a law firm alleges massive data theft by a former partner and others while the defendants vigorously deny the allegations. Interestingly (to me, anyway), the complaint incorporates reference to the use of Dropbox. You can read about the case on Law Technology News. And for today’s musical accompaniment:
Breach Leaves Thousands Of Kaiser Permanente Employees Checking Their Credit Report (update)
KXL FM reports that Kaiser Permanente has sent notifications to some current and former employees after their data were found on an external hard drive purchased in a second-hand store in September 2011: Maryann Schwab with Kaiser Permanente says names, phone numbers, social security numbers and other personal information was found on a non-Kaiser external…
Follow-up: Two men who stole bank info from Michaels customers headed to federal prison
Kristin J. Bender reports: Two men could spend the rest of their lives in federal prison after they pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping set up phony debit card pads in a popular craft store to steal customers’ bank account and credit card numbers. Edward Arakelyan, 21, and Arman Vardanyan, 22, both of Southern California, each…