content/images/gallery/random2/hemmelig-com.png @Team_Appunity has claimed to taken down a online prostitution website and the data has found its way to many torrent trackers already. The website Hemmelig.com which was offline at time of publishing was said to be an online prostitution website. The team which has only few tweets on twitter posted a tweet that when translated states "28,642 users (28,209 with tel no.), all with…
Category: Breach Incidents
Cn: Rumor: Renren Suffers Data Breach (UPDATED with Renren’s denial of any breach_
Rumors continue to circulate that Chinese social networking site Renren has been compromised, but there’s no confirmation at this time. Here’s another report: Passwords for 4.76 mln accounts with Chinese SNS site Renren have reportedly been leaked online. In response to the news, Renren has notified users said to be affected with instructions on how…
Thousands of domain registrar’s customer details exposed
Lia Timson reports: More than 28,000 Melbourne IT customers have had their details emailed to others in an embarrassing privacy breach by the domain registrar. Each year the registrar is obliged by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to send a reminder to customers to ensure it keeps registrant information up to…
Vermont.gov & LE Hacked by #Phsy
content/images/gallery/random2/vermont-gov-hacked-phsy-sopa-pastebin-com_.png @stramble has dumped 2mirrors from a hack on Vermont.gov and two other servers in retaliation to SOPA. The hack which contains mailing lists, server logins, shell informations and server information proves that they people that are attempting to enforce SOPA can not even enforce a proper level of security on their own websites/servers. content/images/gallery/random2/vermont-gov-hacked-phsy-sopa-pastebin-com_.png Vermont.gov, Law Enforcement, Mailing lists All!…
NZ: WINZ staff fired for breaching client privacy
Ian Stewart reports: Five South Auckland Work and Income staff have been fired for inappropriately accessing clients’ files. The employees, all from the Manukau office, were fired for accessing information on family and friends. WINZ said there were “many breaches” by the staff and a national investigation has now been launched. Read more on Nelson…
Trion Worlds hacked
Trion released a statement today informing their customers that there has been unauthorized access to a Trion Worlds account database. They offer reassurances that customer credit card information has not been conpromised. Players will be required to reset their passwords and security questions the next time they log in, and Authenticator users will have to…