The U.S. Dept. of Justice has issued a press release about an indictment that may relate to some breaches involving Subway Restaurant previously reported on this blog. The case was filed May 4, but the indictment has just been unsealed. Four Romanian nationals have been charged in federal court for their alleged participation in an…
Category: Breach Incidents
David Cecil, pleads guilty to 2 of 48 charges, faces 10years jail
Well back in the land down under, David Cecil the alleged NBN hacker has pleaded guilty to two of the 49 charges he is facing for hacking an ISP and causing no threat or damage at all. In a recent post we showed that the australian police used a full team of armed police to raid an arrest…
UK: Probe launched as confidential files appear on Camden Council’s website
The Town Hall is facing a probe by the country’s data protection watchdog after a New Journal investigation found files containing strictly confidential personal information were freely accessible on Camden Council’s website. We alerted the Town Hall to the dangers of publishing uncensored licensing applications on Monday after opening and downloading dozens of the forms….
Dump of accounts from 18eighty.com
@AnonHex has hacked and dumped a bunch of accounts from 18eighty.com, a clothing brand website. the leak contains emails, usernames and CLEAR text passwords. Once again this should be a warning that hackers will target anything that is insecure. Admin you need to get on your game and start earning the money you are paid. https://pastebin.com/hmxJUb1Y
UNICEF Ireland hacked and defaced
Sadly, a hacker going by the name of brwsk007 has gone fairly low and hacked and defaced a UNICEF website. The website that was left defaced was the Irish office, based in Dublin. It shows that hackers will go after any type of website regardless, as long as ti is insecure its a target. content/images/gallery/random2/hacked-by-brwsk007.png View the mirror on zone-h
Former Hacker Charlie Miller, Now Working with DoD on Cyber Security
Charlie Miller, a former black hat hacker who now runs his own company is now also working for the DoD helping out with cyber security. In a recent video released he talks about the ways he works. In 2008 he won a 10,000 prize for being the first to find a critical exploit in a mac air, in 2009 he…