The Canadian Foundation for Economic Education has had one of its websites hacked and fair big amount of users information leaked online. Its not common we see many attacks come from Canadian websites so this makes me why why it was done, which is most likely due to lack of security. The leak contains usernames, emails and other personal information….
Category: Breach Incidents
AT&T claims of hack attempt
Well over the past few days main media has been going wild over claims that it has suffer from a hack attempt on customer accounts. Now this comes as the world is watching cyber Security go from a unknown, unthought about problem to a new whole new level of trouble. If this hack is true it shows…
Dump of accounts from Hostbooter
Hostbooter.com has been hit by hackers having its user accounts dumped online. The leak contains usernames, emails, passwords, serial numbers and other information. Be sure to use CTRL+F for quick search incase you have been compromised. https://pastebin.com/UqUi1JZZ
Nl: Sinterklaas website hacked; 13,000 children affected
A hacker broke into the website of the Sinterklaas television news show and stole personal information about 13,000 children, including names, dates of birth and e-mail addresses, website Tweakers.net reported on Tuesday. NTR, the broadcasting company responsible for the programme, told Tweakers the information was contained in a part of the database where the security…
MassBay employee database is compromised
Scott O’Connell reports: MassBay Community College notified employees last week that a security breach had been discovered in the school’s worker database system. The glitch, which affected nearly all employees in the system since 2002, allowed certain staff to view personal information like Social Security numbers and home addresses of anyone in the database. College…
What They Didn’t Know: Big Brother Watch report on breaches highlights why we need mandatory disclosure
Mainstream media in the U.K. have picked up on a new report based on data obtained under freedom of information requests by Big Brother Watch (BBW). The Guardian reports, ” Councils breached personal data 1,035 times over three years,” while BBC’s headline is “Personal data ‘lost by 132 councils,” and eWeek’s headline is “132 Councils Named And…