In an open letter to Ex Prime minister and now forgien minister Kevin Rudd (can be found below) requests he gets involved with the Julian Assange case and urges him to request Assange be brought back to Australian as any criminal conviction could ruin his chance of freedom of speech. The lettter which is undersigned by many people of…
Category: Breach Incidents
First EU-report on Maritime Cyber Security
ENISA has published the first EU report ever on cyber security challenges in the Maritime Sector. This principal analysis highlights essential key insights, as well as existing initiatives, as a baseline for cyber security. Finally, high-level recommendations are given for addressing these risks. Cyber threats are a growing menace, spreading to all industry sectors that…
Update 101domain.com
As an update to the breach previously noted on November 27, 101domain.com’s notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office reveals some additional details, including a statement that all of the data were encrypted. That wasn’t mentioned in their notification letter or previous coverage, and I’m a bit surprised that they wouldn’t have made…
Security breach at MyVetDirect.com compromises security of customers’ credit card numbers
Buttler Schein Animal Health (a Henry Schein company) sent the following notification to customers of their subsidiary, MyVetDirect.com: We are writing to inform you that we have learned that there was a recent security incident at Butler Schein Animal Health’s systems (MyVetDirect.com) where your veterinarian’s Website is hosted. This incident may have resulted in the…
Atari and Square Enix cough to exposing users’ privates
John Leyden reports: Atari has apologised to gamers following a security breach that exposed their names and email addresses, leaving users at heightened risk of spam as a result. The gaming outfit blamed the fairly minor breach (no credit cards or mobile phone numbers were exposed) on problems introduced during a migration to a new…
dump of paypal accounts
yet again paypal users have become victim to a phishing./bot scam that has obtained all their details and stored them and now they have been leaked online yet again. The leak contains hundreds of accounts al with clear text passwords and emails. Be sure to use CTRL+F for quick search incase your account has been…