John Cook has posted a breach alert over on Skeptical Science. It seems that hackers got the entire users’ database and have dumped it on unnamed sites on the Internet. So far, I’m not finding those sites, so I’m not sure what all the data types are. If anyone has additional info on this breach,…
Category: Breach Incidents
Commentary: ACC caught out in another privacy breach
It just goes from bad to worse at ACC (the Accident Compensation Corporation), it seems. I had previously noted reports of a serious breach involving thousands of individuals’ claims. Since the initial reports, more details have emerged that have made waves, but this newest report will have some just wanting to shut ACC down altogether….
Norwegian government portal compromises users’ personal information
Mikael Ricknäs reports: Norway’s Altinn portal had to be closed after users got access to data belonging to two people, and on Thursday the site remained down. The Altinn portal is used by Norwegians to access their tax returns, among other documents. The portal is also used by 455,000 companies, which can view VAT (value…
JP: Software sales firm warns of info breach on over 260,000 customers
From Mainichi Daily News earlier this week: A software sales company affiliated with Softbank Corp. said Thursday that personal information related to up to 261,161 customers may have been compromised from its database due to fraudulent access. Vector Inc. based in Tokyo said data that may have been stolen include names, addresses and credit card…
Northrop Grumman (SSES) contract dump
content/images/gallery/random3/northrop-grumman-sses-contract-dump-pastebin-com_.png Northrop Grumman Corporation has become victims to the on going cyber war that anonymous hackers are taking out on the worlds governments and intelligence agencies alike. The attack on Northrop Grumman isn’t anything like the scales of recent attacks on strafor etc but still shows that these company are insecure and hold valuable information that could be useful to many other…
WarDriving, Coming to a Queensland street near you!!!
Australian police have sadly announced plans to start what is commonly known as “wardriving”, driving around in a vehicle that’s got equipment decked out to grab and log the details and location of any wireless hotspots.  Now the report says that the Queensland police force plans to use this to help people protect systems, but really is…