content/images/gallery/random2/antisec-teaser-12-27-pastebin-com_.png Well its been a few days now of leaking data, mass media, tv reports all around the world and much much more. The IT team at STRATFOR will definitely be working hard this Xmas to attempt to prevent the unpreventable with heaps of information already being dumped the STRATFOR name seems to of been badly damaged. Today…
Category: Breach Incidents
New York City Public Advocate notifies web site submitters of security breach, but did they downplay its scope?
It felt like an exercise in futility, but on Christmas Day, I started making phone calls to alert the NYC Office of the Public Advocate that their database had been hacked and personal and sensitive information of those seeking assistance had been exposed. No one ever called me back, but having provided specific details to…
Met Police Shut Down 2000 Sites For Games Fraud
Scams, phishing, fake products and many other things…all possible reasons for your website being classed as a fraud website. UK Met police have claimed to shut down a total of 2000 sites whilst still keeping an eye on "possible waiting fraud/scam sites" in wake of the upcoming 2012 London Olympics. So why does it take…
STRATFOR Hack Making World Governments Speak Out
Well its no surprise about this, the latest high profile attack by anonymous has lead to massive media attention, with it being reported on many major TV stations, news stations, papers and websites. All the way over in New Zealand it has come to light that they may be little worried about what is to come from the attack, but more…
STRATFOR and Texas laws, where do they stand now
STRATFOR is a Texas based company, by now we all have pretty much learnt what has happened to them over the Christmas period and they way they have reacted to it. From this many interesting facts have come into place that surround the incident, such as un-encrypted critical data such as Full credit card details, passwords and emails. In an…
Hackers Steal Data of Millions of Chinese Net Users
Yesterday, the Chinese internet was shaken by the news that IT portal and community CDSN has been hacked and data for its more than six million users had been stolen, including usernames and passwords. Today, reports have it that CDSN wasn’t the only site affected. Duowan, a games site, was hacked and hackers stole the…