Three months ago, Steam acknowledged that they had been hacked on November 6. At the time, they wrote: We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information….
Category: Breach Incidents
Mobile Hack Update
Here’s a fuller version of the Associated Press report on a breach previously reported on this blog: … Mobile city spokeswoman Barbara Drummond said Utah authorities alerted officials Thursday night that hackers may be targeting the city. She told The Associated Press that the city shut down its computers to avoid the attack and that…
Toyota Peru Hacked and defaced
content/images/gallery/random3/owned.png Yet again another automotive website has come under attack from hackers who have left it defaced. The attack comes from Latinhackteam and has targeted the Peru based toyota site. toyotaperu.com.pe.
Anonymous Sends a warning to the Israeli Government
Anonymous has released a video that is directed towards Israeli government and the claimed actions they take, This is adding huge fuel to the already on going middle easy cyber war that we have been watching erupt over the past few weeks. To the government of the state of Israel. We are Anonymous. For two…
Eircom customer data breached – twice
Elaine Edwards and Ciara O’Brien report that two thefts in December or early January have put Eircom customers at risk of identity theft: The details of up to 6,845 current and former customers with Eircom’s mobile divisions may have been compromised after three unencrypted laptops were stolen. Up to 550 customers with eMobile and Meteor…
UK: Five councils, a youth charity, and a healthcare provider sign undertakings following data breaches
Five councils breached the Data Protection Act by failing to keep people’s personal information secure, Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said today: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council breached the Data Protection Act on four separate occasions during a two month period last year. The breaches included an incident in May when an individual was mistakenly sent…